The series will collect correspondence, publications, and speeches by African American theologian Thurman (1900-81), augmenting the books and essays he intended for public consumption with poetry, fiction, and other writings he considered personal if not strictly private. This first volume begins with his earliest extant letters and progresses through his Morehouse College years; Rochester years; early career; Howard University and Washington D.C.; and the negro delegation to India, Burma, and Ceylon as a pilgrimage of friendship. Editor Walter Earl Fluker (philosophy and religion, Morehouse College) provides footnotes. Annotation ©2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)