Bahai Community Maya Mansour Maya Mansour was born to African-American and Iranian-Palestinian parents, and grew up in the Baha'i community. She received her BA from Evergreen State College, where she studied the intersection of the art world and the prison system.
Bahai Community Ken Bowers Ken Bowers currently serves as a member of the national governing body of the Baha'is of the United States. He was born into a Baha'i family in Harrisonburg, VA, in the years just before the Civil Rights Movement.
Racial Unity Van Gilmer Van Gilmer grew up in Greensboro, NC, at the height of Segregation. He was a musician, architectural engineer and active in the Civil Rights Movement during the 1960s, when he became a Baha&
Bahai Community June & Richard Thomas Richard Thomas, born in 1939 in Detroit, MI, became a Baha'i after his Navy service, and is professor of history at Michigan State University. June Manning Thomas was born in Orangeburg, SC, in 1950, became a Baha'i through Richard, and is professor of urban planning at the University of Michigan.
