Bahais in Iran Born in Tehran, Born in North Carolina Farzaneh Guillebeaux: My father’s brothers hired someone to kill him when he became a Baha’i.
Racism in America Discovering prejudice at a young age Jack Guillebeaux: They burned a cross within a block of our house when I was five or six years old.
Racial Identity Deciding it’s good to be black Jack Guillebeaux: I thought I would try out hating white folk. And that felt like a lot of work.
Bahai Community The liberation of meeting the Baha’is Jack Guillebeaux: The separation was entrenched and it was violent.
Interracial Relationships Unready to say yes – unwilling to say no Jack Guillebeaux: There was something special about her and I told one of my friends that I'm going to marry that one.
Interracial Relationships Life as an interracial couple in 1960s North Carolina Jack Guillebeaux: The worst thing that could happen is for Fafar or I to show fear.
Interracial Relationships Dreaming of the future Farzaneh Guillebeaux: The news of our marriage was like a bomb in Tehran because it was just so rare.
Interracial Relationships Looking for a legal way to marry Farzaneh Guillebeaux: Many of the townspeople showed up at our wedding reception to see if it was really going to happen
Racism in America Laughing at the insanity of racism Jack Guillebeaux: We have constructed a society that pretends to believe there is a religious, moral, social and ethical foundation to racism.
Interracial Relationships Changing hearts through grocery shopping Farzaneh Guillebeaux: We were looking for somewhere to live and I told landlords, I’m white, my husband is African-American, is that a problem? They would bang down the phone.
Bahai Community The challenge of learning unity in diversity Farzaneh Guillebeaux: Learning about unity in diversity is a challenge, not just for America, but for the Baha’i community as well.
