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Slavery in America

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An ancestor’s escape from slavery
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.

  • Wilma Ellis Kazemzadeh
    Wilma Ellis Kazemzadeh
1 min read
Hold on, just a little while longer
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.

  • Eric Dozier
    Eric Dozier
1 min read
An act of God
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.

  • Louis Venters
    Louis Venters
1 min read
From Harriet Tubman to the fields
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.

  • Barbara Talley
    Barbara Talley
1 min read
Sacrificing differences to commit to unity
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.

  • Anthony Vance
    Anthony Vance
1 min read
The spiritual roots of racism
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.

  • Makeena Rivers
    Makeena Rivers
1 min read
Facing up to a legacy of entitlement
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.

  • Nancy Wong
    Nancy Wong
1 min read
Sharing the burden of racism
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.

  • Ken Bowers
    Ken Bowers
1 min read
How to talk about race in America
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.

  • Van Gilmer
    Van Gilmer
1 min read
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