The project's senior editors served as consultants for a feature-length documentary film biography titled "Howard Thurman: In Search of Common Ground." The film is produced and directed by Arleigh Prelow of InSpirit Communications.

The project editors prepared a single trade volume of selected sermons, essays and excerpts titled A Strange Freedom: The Best of Howard Thurman, published by Beacon Press in August 1998. Intended for classroom use, this volume includes a short introductory and biographical essay, as well as a foreword by Martin Marty, Fairfax M. Cone Distinguished Service Professor at the University of Chicago.

A Strange Freedom has been very successful in meeting its goals. Beacon Press has indicated that A Strange Freedom was among the top three book sales of the year; therefore the goal of reaching the general and popular audiences has been attained.

The project is providing the research base for the development of ethical leadership training programs. What Thurman calls "civil character," his distinction between "inner freedom" and "liberty," and his theocentric vision of redemptive community are being incorporated into the curriculum to guide the ethical development of youth, especially at-risk urban youth. This program is being undertaken in collaboration with YouthQuest, a program of VisionQuest Association, Inc., in Rochester, N.Y.

The Howard Thurman Papers Project operates as a division of the Leadership Center at Morehouse College. The center is dedicated to strengthening civil society through ethical leadership. Walter Earl Fluker serves as the Executive Director and Belinda Johnson-White serves as Associate Director.

The Howard Thurman Papers Project is funded through generous grants from The Lilly Endowment, Inc.; The Henry Luce Foundation; The Pew Charitable Trusts, Inc., and The National Historical Publications and Records Commission.