Boston University Marsh Chapel

Boston University Marsh Chapel
Marsh Chapel

Marsh Chapel is a building on the campus of Boston University used as the official place of worship of the school, named after former president of BU, Daniel L. Marsh, who was also a Methodist minister.[1]

Good Friday experiment

It was the site where the famed Marsh Chapel Experiment took place. Researchers involved included Harvard professor and later psychedelic guru Timothy Leary.

Influence on Civil Rights Movement

Between 1953 and 1965, African-American theologian Howard Thurman presided the chapel as its dean.[2] Thurman exerted an enormous influence on the work of Civil Rights Movement leader Martin Luther King, Jr., who studied at Boston University.

References

Coordinates: 42°21′03″N 71°06′23″W / 42.3507°N 71.1064°W / 42.3507; -71.1064


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