In the 1970s Dr. Howard Washington Thurman, a theologian and mystic, and mentor to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., gave a lecture on "the benefits of slavery." In it he focused on the mindset of the African people and how the creative center of their "being" developed, because of their READ MORE... click on the title above to read the full journal article, blog post, or podcast on HowlRound.com
SOURCE: HowlRound at 07:07PM on January 29, 2012