Slavery in America An ancestor’s escape from slavery My grandmother’s grandmother ran and hid with her baby under a log to escape her captors.
Racial Identity Hold on, just a little while longer I began to understand the oneness of religion after an old Czech woman told me she knew my grandmother in her heart.
Civil Rights Movement An act of God Black people in the South never forgot the promise of Reconstruction. The Baha’i Faith arrived in the US just as it was being stamped out.
Slavery in America From Harriet Tubman to the fields Barbara Talley: I experienced a lot of what slavery could have been like in my own childhood.
Slavery in America Sacrificing differences to commit to unity Anthony Vance: The legacy of slavery in the US had a parallel with imperialism in Africa.
Racism in America The spiritual roots of racism Hopelessness comes from not knowing how to change root problems – the Baha’i writings have the power to transform our hearts.
Slavery in America Facing up to a legacy of entitlement I was impressed when Bahai friends from European backgrounds weren’t afraid to acknowledge their own slave-owner ancestors.
Racism in America Sharing the burden of racism Ken Bowers: America really is the story of struggle, horrific in many ways, and it needs to be acknowledged.
Racism in America How to talk about race in America Van Gilmer: There were five of us, Hindu, Muslim, Christian, Jewish and Baha’i, who walked through a museum to see the history of slaves in America.
