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7 July 2019/ Baha'i Faith History

The sad story of Alonzo Twine

The sad story of Alonzo Twine
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Louis Venters

Louis Venters

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Baha'i Faith History

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  • Abdu’l-Baha and Louis Gregory
  • A handful, a roomful and then a great gathering
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The hard face of Jim Crow
Racism in America

The hard face of Jim Crow

Segregation removed African-Americans from political power and kept them at the bottom of society.

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    Louis Venters
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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.

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    Louis Venters
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The sad story of Alonzo Twine
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