Sue Bailey Thurman in India, 1935
Sue Bailey Thurman, wife of Howard Thurman, and the first African American woman to meet Mahatma Gandhi, playing the Veena on her trip to India in 1935. (courtesy: Howard Gotlieb Library, Boston University)
Sue Bailey Thurman, wife of Howard Thurman, and the first African American woman to meet Mahatma Gandhi, playing the Veena on her trip to India in 1935. (courtesy: Howard Gotlieb Library, Boston University)