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Some of Thomas' works are displayed at the historically black Grambling State University, the Alexandria Museum of Art, Southern University Museum of Art, the Abbeville (Louisiana) Museum of Art, the White House Archives, and the City of Alexandria. Private collectors of his work have included musician B.B. King, Yolanda King, [[Nelson Mandela]], and the estate of Alex Haley. Thomas has penned numerous articles and books on art, including ''Contributions of Negro Artists in Louisiana'' (1972) and ''Eminent Black Artists in Louisiana'' (1975).<ref name=taftsstudio/>

Some of Thomas' works are displayed at the historically black Grambling State University, the Alexandria Museum of Art, Southern University Museum of Art, the Abbeville (Louisiana) Museum of Art, the White House Archives, and the City of Alexandria. Private collectors of his work have included musician B.B. King, Yolanda King, [[Nelson Mandela]], and the estate of Alex Haley. Thomas has penned numerous articles and books on art, including ''Contributions of Negro Artists in Louisiana'' (1972) and ''Eminent Black Artists in Louisiana'' (1975).<ref name=taftsstudio/>

Thomas has named his studio in Alexandria for his middle name: "My name encompasses the essence of my being. It represents ancestral connections that are woven into the fibers of my existence," Thomas wrote for the beginning of a poem.<ref name=btompkins>{{cite web|url=http://www.thetowntalk.com/story/news/local/2015/01/30/morris-taft-thomas-alexandria-educator-sculptor/22586787/|title=Alexandria's Thomas art educator, notable sculptor|publisher=''The Alexandria Town Talk''|author=Bob Tompkins|date=January 30, 2015|accessdate=June 20, 2017}}</ref>The New Orleans artist Joseph Pearson, with whom Thomas has done art shows, hailed Thomas' "work ethic and his creativity ... who is continually striving to improve, always working to get better."<ref name=btompkins/>

Thomas has named his studio in Alexandria for his middle name: "My name encompasses the essence of my being. It represents ancestral connections that are woven into the fibers of my existence," Thomas wrote for the beginning of a poem.<ref name=btompkins>{{cite web|url=http://www.thetowntalk.com/story/news/local/2015/01/30/morris-taft-thomas-alexandria-educator-sculptor/22586787/|title=Alexandria's Thomas art educator, notable sculptor|publisher=''The Alexandria Town Talk''|author=Bob Tompkins|date=January 30, 2015|accessdate=June 20, 2017}}</ref> The New Orleans artist Joseph Pearson, with whom Thomas has done art shows, hailed Thomas' "work ethic and his creativity ... who is continually striving to improve, always working to get better."<ref name=btompkins/>

Thomas was in the same [[fraternity]] as [[Martin Luther King, Jr.]], [[Alpha Phi Alpha]], and was the local person selected to meet King at the Alexandria airport when the civil rights figure spoke in November 1966 at a convention of the former Louisiana Education Association at the Rapides Parish Coliseum.<ref name=btompkins/> Thomas recalls that his wife, Willola, looked at King, and "he looked at her, but she never extended her hand, and he moved on. She remembered his eyes, very intense eyes. He could look at you as though he could see your soul. He had full focus."<ref name=btompkins/>

Thomas was in the same [[fraternity]] as [[Martin Luther King, Jr.]], [[Alpha Phi Alpha]], and was the local person selected to meet King at the Alexandria airport when the civil rights figure spoke in November 1966 at a convention of the former Louisiana Education Association at the Rapides Parish Coliseum.<ref name=btompkins/> Thomas recalls that his wife, Willola, looked at King, and "he looked at her, but she never extended her hand, and he moved on. She remembered his eyes, very intense eyes. He could look at you as though he could see your soul. He had full focus."<ref name=btompkins/>