Chronology: Chronology: Date 2026-02-07-01

Chronology of the Bahá'í Faith

World Canada
any all exact phrase

Date 2026-02-07-01, sorted by date, descending

date	event	tags	firsts
2026 7 Feb 202-	The passing of Glenford E. Mitchell (b. 3 March 1935 in Jamaica) in Decatur, GA, USA. As a young man Mr Mitchell moved from Jamaica to North Carolina to attend university and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in business education from Shaw University in 1960. He then completed a master's degree in journalism at Columbia University in New York graduating in 1962. He was later awarded an honourary Doctor of Letters by the National College of Education in Evanston, Illinois, in 1980. He worked in publishing and was appointed as an instructor in English and journalism at Howard University in Washington D.C. In 1967 he became the managing editor of the Bahá’í World Order Magazine and in 1968 he was elected to the National Spiritual Assembly of the United States as Secretary, an office he held for fourteen years. In 1982 he was elected to the Universal House of Justice and served until his retirement in 2008 when he returned to the United States. Publications 1962 - The Angry Black South: outhern Negroes Tell Their Own Story, (co-editor with William H. Peace III) published in 1962 by Corinth Books, New York 1972 - The Literature of Interpretation: Notes on the English Writings of Shoghi Effendi, article published in World Order, 7:2, pages 12-37 and available on Bahá'í Library Online. 1997 - Shoghi Effendi: Guide for a New Millennium 2009 - Bahá'í Administration, article published in The Bahá'í Encyclopedia. [Bahaipedia; BWNS1854]	- In Memoriam; Glenford Mitchell; Universal House of Justice, Membership on; World Order magazine