HR 9019

1	House Resolution
2	A resolution honoring the life and preserving the legacy
3	of Dr. Howard W. Thurman.
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5	WHEREAS, Dr. Howard W. Thurman, an educator, author,
6	ordained minister and preacher, philosopher, theologian, and
7	civil rights leader, was one of the most important people in
8	American history, and
9	WHEREAS, Howard Thurman, who was born in 1900 in Daytona
10	Beach, Florida, and raised by his grandmother, a former slave,
11	developed a deep commitment to breaking through the walls that
12	separate mankind on the basis of race, color, creed, or national
13	origin, and
14	WHEREAS, as a professor and dean of the chapels at Howard
15	University and Boston University, Howard Thurman created a
16	climate of action-oriented nonviolence, which was later
17	inherited by the civil rights movement, and
18	WHEREAS, as a cofounder of the Church for the Fellowship of
19	All Peoples in San Francisco, California, Howard Thurman
20	stimulated change in the racial and cultural policies of
21	American churches, and
22	WHEREAS, as a theologian and cultural ambassador, Howard
23	Thurman met with world figures, including Mahatma Gandhi, who
24	deepened Thurman's faith in the power of nonviolent resistance
25	to segregation, and
26	WHEREAS, as an author of 20 books of ethical and cultural
27	criticism, Howard Thurman deeply influenced prominent leaders of
28	the civil rights movement, including Dr. Martin Luther King,
29	Jr., and
30	WHEREAS, subsequent to Howard Thurman's death in 1981, the
31	Howard Thurman Program was established at Stetson University in
32	partnership with New Birth Corporation, an organization
33	dedicated to fostering a cultural renaissance in the African-
34	American community headed by Reverend Jefferson P. Rogers, and
35	WHEREAS, under the directorship of Reverend Rogers, the
36	Howard Thurman Program and its Howard Thurman Lecture Series
37	extend the legacy of the Daytona Beach native, Howard Thurman,
38	and integrate the work of scholars with community leaders to
39	find solutions to social, religious, and ethnic problems, NOW,
40	THEREFORE,
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42	Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of
43	Florida:
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45	That the life of Dr. Howard W. Thurman is hereby honored
46	and his legacy is preserved.
47	BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution be
48	presented to Reverend Jefferson P. Rogers, Director of the
49	Howard Thurman Program at Stetson University.

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