Thurman on the Howard Thurman Educational Trust, 1975 February 7

Description

In this audio recording, Howard Thurman shares the background and the intentions of the Howard Thurman Educational Trust. Thurman traces his own educational journey through the hardships of segregation and financial struggles, which were only overcome by the support of friends, family, and strangers. After a fateful encounter with a man that helps pay his ticket to high school, Thurman makes a promise to God: for every year of his life, he will try to do for some student that that man had done for him. The Howard Thurman Educational Trust is the manifestation of that promise. The Trust makes it mission along three priorities: 1.) enabling scholarships and personal mentorship to students, 2.) encouraging intercultural experiences and understanding, and 3.) sharing the thoughts and reflections that have come from Thurman's life of religious commitment.