Howard Thurman 
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SOURCE: The Conversation
1/31/19
How Howard Thurman met Gandhi and brought nonviolence to the civil rights movement
by Walter E. Fluker
Thurman played an important role in the civil rights struggle as a key mentor to many leaders of the movement, including Martin Luther King Jr., among others.
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11-30-14
Did a Mediocre Letter of Recommendation for Martin Luther King, Jr. Change the Course of History?
by Peter Eisenstadt
"A few years ago I found some correspondence that I thought might have profoundly altered the life of Martin Luther King, Jr. thereby redirecting the course of American and world history."
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