Bibliography: #BIB30415

web link	bahai-library.com/bibliography/BIB30415
reference type	Book
title	This Noble Destiny : 'Abdu'l-Bahá, the Early Bahá'ís of Washington, D.C., and the Struggle for Racial Unity
author	Chapman, Hillary Ioas and Musta, Lex
authority control	Hillary Chapman; Lex Musta
year	2024
publisher	Kalimát Press
place published	Los Angeles
issue	7.
ISBN	9781890688462
abstract	In 1912, 'Abdu’l-Baha traveled to North America to promote the Baha’i teachings of unity and understanding between all people. In the United States, especially in the nation’s capital, he was appalled by the bigotry and racial division that he encountered. Washington D.C. was a city whose society reflected the deep racial divide that plagued the country as a whole. 'Abdu’l-Baha rejected racial prejudice and found open and receptive hearts willing to listen and to work for the unity of humanity. Louis Gregory, a Black American lawyer, responded wholeheartedly to this message of unity, becoming one of the most important teachers of the Baha’i Faith in the U.S. Pauline Hannen, a woman of German background, had grown up in segregation yet once imbued by the spirit of 'Abdu’l-Baha, she made every effort to share the Baha’i Teachings. She disregarded all social norms to share them with Black Americans, visiting their homes and inviting them into hers. Her husband Joseph became one of Gregory’s close friends in the Cause. Agnes Parsons was a woman socially prominent in white society. Once 'Abdu’l-Baha asked her to spearhead a major race-amity effort, she overcame the prejudices of the social circles in which she moved. In this book, we meet and learn about the early Black American Baha’is of Washington DC including Carrie York, Pocahontas Pope, Rhoda Turner, the Dyers, Coralie Franklin Cooke, and others as they endeavored to make a spiritual ideal a reality and struggled to conquer the ingrained patterns and prejudices of their nation.
language	English
keywords	RACE UNITY; 'ABDU'L-BAHA; TRAVELS & JOURNEYS; BLACK PEOPLE; AFRICAN AMERICANS; BIOGRAPHY; HISTORY; WASHINGTON (DC)
number of pages	viii, 200

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