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Howard Thurman

Photo: Marie Grochowski (CAS’26) gave a talk titled “What Fungi Can Teach Us About Global Immigration” at the annual TEDxBU conference. A woman stands in front of a large audience and the words "Tedx BU" are on the screen behind

Campus Life

This Year’s TEDxBU Talks: Childhood, Privilege—and Fungi

April 25, 2024

Photo of Dean Elmore holding a tattered copy of "The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin. The photo is a tight shot on Elmore's hands as he opens to the book's yellowed title page.

MLK DAY

Honoring Martin Luther King, Jr. (GRS’55, Hon.’59) amid Tumult in America

January 15, 2021

A portrait photo of Andrew Taylor

Diversity

BU Creates Senior Diversity Post, Taps Longtime Trustee

August 10, 2020

Photo of a computer with speakers from Boston University's Day of Collective Engagement to Reflect on American Racism, hosted on Zoom. On screen, Ibram X. Kendi, Paula Austin, Louis Chude-Sokei, and Saida Grundy as they speak during the opening plenary.

Racism

Pain, Anger, and Hope as BU Comes Together to Talk Race and Racism

June 24, 2020

Two men work on the staircase at the newly expanded Howard Thurman Center for Common Ground.

Howard Thurman Center

Take a Tour of the New and Expanded Howard Thurman Center for Common Ground

January 21, 2020

Bradley Noble (CAS'20) and Nneka Oyigbo (CAS'20) talk about their experiences with the Howard Thurman during the grand closing of The Howard Thurman Center in the George Sherman Union building Wednesday, December 11, 2019.

Student Life

At New Howard Thurman Center, Building Community Remains the Goal

January 17, 2020

(left to right) Black and white photos of Coretta Scott King, Sue Bailey Thurman, and Aretha Franklin

Martin Luther King

MLK Day Celebration Will Honor Three Women for Important Roles in the Civil Rights Movement

January 16, 2020

University News

Come Celebrate the Opening of the New Howard Thurman Center for Common Ground Next Week

January 16, 2020

Religion

Who Was Howard Thurman?

January 7, 2020

Walter Fluker

Religion

Walter Fluker, MLK Professor of Ethical Leadership, to Retire after Coming Academic Year

June 5, 2019

Martin Luther King, Jr., receiving an honorary degree from BU

Poetry

BU, City of Boston to Celebrate MLK on Monday

January 12, 2018

808 Comm Ave building exterior

Construction

Expanding Howard Thurman Center to Move to 808 Comm Ave

November 27, 2017

Howard Thurman, The Papers of Howard Washington Thurman, Volume 2: Christian, Who Calls Me Christian book by author Walter Fluker

Faculty

MLK’s Mentor Revealed

January 13, 2012

Martin Luther King Day observance, Boston University

Marsh Chapel

Celebrating MLK Day at BU

January 13, 2012

Alumni

The Man Behind the Howard Thurman Center

January 8, 2010

Howard Thurman

Machine Blends Faces and Races

November 6, 2009

Howard Thurman

To Reach Out, and Answer Questions

April 15, 2009

Culture

A Culture of Learning

March 24, 2009

Howard Thurman

Beginning the Search

February 19, 2009

Science & Technology

Dispatches from D.C.

January 21, 2009

Dispatches from D.C.