Lights of the Spirit: Historical Portraits of Black Bahá'ís in North America, 1898-2004Gwendolyn Etter-Lewis, Richard Walter Thomas Baha'i Publishing Trust, 2006 - 338 pages This groundbreaking work uncovers the role played by black people in the emergence of the Bah'i faith in North America. Drawing on a wide range of sources including personal essays, letters, and journals, it offers a fascinating glimpse into the lives of some extraordinary individuals. |
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... convention in America , December 1921 , Elsie Austin , Louis Gregory ; center : Robert Turner Cover design by Robert A. Reddy Book design by Patrick Falso Bahá'u'lláh once compared the colored people to the Black pupil.
... convention in America , December 1921 , Elsie Austin , Louis Gregory ; center : Robert Turner Cover design by Robert A. Reddy Book design by Patrick Falso Bahá'u'lláh once compared the colored people to the Black pupil.
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... Louis Gregory 10 Social Basis of World Unity by Elsie Austin 11 Racial Amity .... by Louis Gregory 12 A Slave for Life : A Story of the Long Ago by Coralie Franklin Cook 13 The Negro as a World Citizen .......... by John B. Shaw 14 ...
... Louis Gregory 10 Social Basis of World Unity by Elsie Austin 11 Racial Amity .... by Louis Gregory 12 A Slave for Life : A Story of the Long Ago by Coralie Franklin Cook 13 The Negro as a World Citizen .......... by John B. Shaw 14 ...
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Contents
AfricanAmericans and | 19 |
AfricanAmerican Women and | 49 |
AfricanAmerican Women | 69 |
Introduction | 167 |
An Historical Review | 175 |
Social Basis of World Unity | 203 |
Racial Amity | 209 |
A Story of the Long Ago | 217 |
The Spiritual Heritage of AfricanAmericans | 245 |
Heroines of the Faith | 251 |
Sadie Rebecca Johnson Ellis | 265 |
Arrival in Haifa March 11 1927 | 277 |
18771939 | 283 |
Notes | 289 |
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