Anne Spencer Thurman, the daughter of Sue Bailey Thurman and noted theologian and author Howard Thurman, who played an integral role in helping to preserve her father's legacy, died May 22. 2001 at age 67.
A journalist who was active in politics, Ms. Thurman helped her father write his autobiography, "With Head and Heart," and after his death in 1981 helped publish an anthology of his writings, "For the Inward Journey."
Ms. Thurman was born Oct. 1, 1933, in Washington, D.C., where her father was a professor at Howard University and Dean of Rankin Chapel. She was named for the poet Anne Bethel Bannister Spencer (7311506), who was a family friend.
She was 11 when her family moved to San Francisco, and her father helped establish the Church for the Fellowship of All Peoples, the first interracially pastored, intercultural church in the United States.
She earned her undergraduate degree in journalism from Boston University in 1954 and her law degree from the school four years later.
In 1961, she married Carl Chiarenza, a photographer and fine arts professor at Boston University.
Ms. Thurman held a number of jobs over the years. In 1964-66, she was editor in chief for The Liberal Context, the Unitarian-Universalist Association's literary magazine. During that same period, she and her mother, Sue Bailey Thurman, a former editor of the Afro American Women's Journal, mapped out the African American Freedom Trail in Boston.
She was a speechwriter and legislative aide for Massachusetts Lt. Gov. Elliot Richardson from 1966 to 1968. By the early 1970s, she and her husband had separated, and she was back on the West Coast, working as a consultant in Sacramento for the Democratic Assembly Research Office.
From 1972 to 1974, she was regional director of the Black Women's Employment Program of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund and later was assistant vice president and affirmative action director for the Bank of California.
She spent the past 20 years helping to preserve her parents' legacy. For many years, she was publications director of the Howard Thurman Educational Trust and published the trust's newsletter. Last year, she established the Howard Thurman Library, a nonprofit organization.
She is survived by her daughter, Suzanne Mari Chiarenza of Benicia; a niece, Emily Wong of San Rafael;
and a nephew, Anton Wong of New York City. Her sister, Olive Thurman Wong of New York City, died on April 5, 2012.
A journalist who was active in politics, Ms. Thurman helped her father write his autobiography, "With Head and Heart," and after his death in 1981 helped publish an anthology of his writings, "For the Inward Journey."
Ms. Thurman was born Oct. 1, 1933, in Washington, D.C., where her father was a professor at Howard University and Dean of Rankin Chapel. She was named for the poet Anne Bethel Bannister Spencer (7311506), who was a family friend.
She was 11 when her family moved to San Francisco, and her father helped establish the Church for the Fellowship of All Peoples, the first interracially pastored, intercultural church in the United States.
She earned her undergraduate degree in journalism from Boston University in 1954 and her law degree from the school four years later.
In 1961, she married Carl Chiarenza, a photographer and fine arts professor at Boston University.
Ms. Thurman held a number of jobs over the years. In 1964-66, she was editor in chief for The Liberal Context, the Unitarian-Universalist Association's literary magazine. During that same period, she and her mother, Sue Bailey Thurman, a former editor of the Afro American Women's Journal, mapped out the African American Freedom Trail in Boston.
She was a speechwriter and legislative aide for Massachusetts Lt. Gov. Elliot Richardson from 1966 to 1968. By the early 1970s, she and her husband had separated, and she was back on the West Coast, working as a consultant in Sacramento for the Democratic Assembly Research Office.
From 1972 to 1974, she was regional director of the Black Women's Employment Program of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund and later was assistant vice president and affirmative action director for the Bank of California.
She spent the past 20 years helping to preserve her parents' legacy. For many years, she was publications director of the Howard Thurman Educational Trust and published the trust's newsletter. Last year, she established the Howard Thurman Library, a nonprofit organization.
She is survived by her daughter, Suzanne Mari Chiarenza of Benicia; a niece, Emily Wong of San Rafael;
and a nephew, Anton Wong of New York City. Her sister, Olive Thurman Wong of New York City, died on April 5, 2012.
Anne Spencer Thurman, the daughter of Sue Bailey Thurman and noted theologian and author Howard Thurman, who played an integral role in helping to preserve her father's legacy, died May 22. 2001 at age 67.
A journalist who was active in politics, Ms. Thurman helped her father write his autobiography, "With Head and Heart," and after his death in 1981 helped publish an anthology of his writings, "For the Inward Journey."
Ms. Thurman was born Oct. 1, 1933, in Washington, D.C., where her father was a professor at Howard University and Dean of Rankin Chapel. She was named for the poet Anne Bethel Bannister Spencer (7311506), who was a family friend.
She was 11 when her family moved to San Francisco, and her father helped establish the Church for the Fellowship of All Peoples, the first interracially pastored, intercultural church in the United States.
She earned her undergraduate degree in journalism from Boston University in 1954 and her law degree from the school four years later.
In 1961, she married Carl Chiarenza, a photographer and fine arts professor at Boston University.
Ms. Thurman held a number of jobs over the years. In 1964-66, she was editor in chief for The Liberal Context, the Unitarian-Universalist Association's literary magazine. During that same period, she and her mother, Sue Bailey Thurman, a former editor of the Afro American Women's Journal, mapped out the African American Freedom Trail in Boston.
She was a speechwriter and legislative aide for Massachusetts Lt. Gov. Elliot Richardson from 1966 to 1968. By the early 1970s, she and her husband had separated, and she was back on the West Coast, working as a consultant in Sacramento for the Democratic Assembly Research Office.
From 1972 to 1974, she was regional director of the Black Women's Employment Program of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund and later was assistant vice president and affirmative action director for the Bank of California.
She spent the past 20 years helping to preserve her parents' legacy. For many years, she was publications director of the Howard Thurman Educational Trust and published the trust's newsletter. Last year, she established the Howard Thurman Library, a nonprofit organization.
She is survived by her daughter, Suzanne Mari Chiarenza of Benicia; a niece, Emily Wong of San Rafael;
and a nephew, Anton Wong of New York City. Her sister, Olive Thurman Wong of New York City, died on April 5, 2012.
A journalist who was active in politics, Ms. Thurman helped her father write his autobiography, "With Head and Heart," and after his death in 1981 helped publish an anthology of his writings, "For the Inward Journey."
Ms. Thurman was born Oct. 1, 1933, in Washington, D.C., where her father was a professor at Howard University and Dean of Rankin Chapel. She was named for the poet Anne Bethel Bannister Spencer (7311506), who was a family friend.
She was 11 when her family moved to San Francisco, and her father helped establish the Church for the Fellowship of All Peoples, the first interracially pastored, intercultural church in the United States.
She earned her undergraduate degree in journalism from Boston University in 1954 and her law degree from the school four years later.
In 1961, she married Carl Chiarenza, a photographer and fine arts professor at Boston University.
Ms. Thurman held a number of jobs over the years. In 1964-66, she was editor in chief for The Liberal Context, the Unitarian-Universalist Association's literary magazine. During that same period, she and her mother, Sue Bailey Thurman, a former editor of the Afro American Women's Journal, mapped out the African American Freedom Trail in Boston.
She was a speechwriter and legislative aide for Massachusetts Lt. Gov. Elliot Richardson from 1966 to 1968. By the early 1970s, she and her husband had separated, and she was back on the West Coast, working as a consultant in Sacramento for the Democratic Assembly Research Office.
From 1972 to 1974, she was regional director of the Black Women's Employment Program of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund and later was assistant vice president and affirmative action director for the Bank of California.
She spent the past 20 years helping to preserve her parents' legacy. For many years, she was publications director of the Howard Thurman Educational Trust and published the trust's newsletter. Last year, she established the Howard Thurman Library, a nonprofit organization.
She is survived by her daughter, Suzanne Mari Chiarenza of Benicia; a niece, Emily Wong of San Rafael;
and a nephew, Anton Wong of New York City. Her sister, Olive Thurman Wong of New York City, died on April 5, 2012.
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