

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: The Life and Legacy of Howard Thurman
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sun, 01 Feb, 2026 at 11:00 am
- **Event Description**: Please join us as Mark Thomas speaks on the life and legacy of Howard Thurman, an American Baptist preacher and theologian and mentor to Martin Luther King, Jr. Mark will join us via Zoom.

Rev Thomas' talk will be centered on the practical mysticism of Rev. Dr. Howard Thurman. The impact of the decades of his ministry, especially upon the civil rights movement of the 1950's through the 1970's, has been little known to many. Dr Thurman was profoundly impacted by the racism experienced during his childhood years in Daytona Beach, FL and through his education at Morehouse College and Rochester Divinity School. During his ministry he was deeply moved by personal experiences with Mahatma Gandhi and Quaker leader Rufus Jones. The combined focus of both men's approaches to bringing about social, economic, governmental and personal spiritual change through non-violent means became the foundation of Dr. Thurman's work with civil rights leaders in America. When traveling throughout the country, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. kept a copy of Howard Thurman's book Jesus and the Disinherited as a guidepost. That book largely informed Dr. King's work as well as many others who dedicated their lives to confronting and alleviating the injustice of bigotry and hate throughout our nation. 

The prophetic work of Dr. Thurman is just as relevant today as it was in the last century. With the rise of fascism in our nation and the injustice being perpetrated upon immigrant and other minority populations demonstrates clearly that our nation still has a problem of the heart that we have yet to confront. Our social/political problems have roots in a spiritual sickness that Dr. Thurman spent his ministry addressing.

Linda McGraw is the service leader.

If you can't join us in person, you are welcome to join us on Zoom. Contact Joe WolfArth at (386) 308-8080 for the Zoom link.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/new-smyrna-beach/the-life-and-legacy-of-howard-thurman/200029546400307
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## Ticket Details

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## Event venue details

- **city**: New Smyrna Beach
- **state**: FL
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 403 West St, New Smyrna Beach, FL, United States, Florida 32168
- **lat**: 29.02437
- **long**: -80.94225
- **full address**: 403 West St, New Smyrna Beach, FL, United States, Florida 32168

## Event Organizer details

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- **organizer**: Community Unitarian Universalist Church, New Smyrna Beach (https://allevents.in/org/community-unitarian-universalist-church-new-smyrna-beach/26022562)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Sun, 01 Feb, 2026 at 11:00 am
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** 403 West St, New Smyrna Beach, FL, United States, Florida 32168
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Community Unitarian Universalist Church, New Smyrna Beach
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