Baha'i CommunityA brilliant stroke of parentingThe Baha’is in my town collaborated on Martin Luther King Day, they put on a Black History Month program. They were impressive.
Baha'i Faith HistoryThe sad story of Alonzo TwineSouth Carolina’s hospital for the insane was the kind of place where, if you weren’t insane already, it would do you in.
Baha'i CommunityAbdu’l-Baha and Louis GregoryLouis Gregory, an African-American lawyer, tried to slip out the back door as a gathering of white guests arrived to see Abdu’l-Baha.
Baha'i CommunityA handful, a roomful and then a great gatheringIn the 1920s and later, had black Southerners been given the chance they would have responded to the Baha’i Faith in large numbers.
Baha'i CommunityLeaving the comfort zoneThe size of the American Baha'i community grew faster than anybody could predict.
Baha'i Faith HistoryMr Gregory’s legacyMy grandmother was a mother of her church – and she was very happy for me to investigate the Baha’i faith.
Racial IdentityHomelands of the ancestorsPeople of African descent were asked to be a source of encouragement to Baha’i communities in Africa – so we went.
Baha'i CommunityAmerican Baha’is & heavenly trainingAbdu’l-Baha came to the United States at the turn of the 20th century – like a first responder.
Baha'i CommunityThe behaviors needed for changeThe Baha’i writings defined “implicit bias” 70 years before Harvard came up with the idea.
Baha'i FaithFrom South Carolina to MichiganMy church was filled with Civil Rights protestors – one of them said I should explore the Baha’i faith.
Baha'i CommunityGrowing up as a Civil Rights warriorThe Baha’i community taught racial unity and they also lived it – which was the goal of the Civil Rights movement.
Baha'i FaithApplying Baha’i ideas to scholarship & academiaWhite students felt guilty and didn’t know what to do, and students of color would feel extremely angry.
