1. 2026-03. Samuel Luke Bramwell - First Jamaican Bahá'í. Robert Stauffer. — Brief biography of a Jamaican who moved to the Pacific Northwest and became a Baha'i in 1908. Biographies.
2. 2026. Selected Archives on Robert Durr. Steven Kolins, comp. — Archival material provided by the U.S. National Baha’i Archives about the African-American editor ... Archives.
3. 2025. Bahá'í Faith and the Black Intelligentsia, The: Excerpt. Christopher Buck. — Front matter, "Introduction" by Richard W. Thomas, and a portion of Chapter 1, "The Baha’i 'Pupil ... Excerpts.
4. 2024. Religious Perspectives on the Narratives of America: The Search for Just, Honest, Inclusive and Forward-looking Tellings. Audrey C. Price, ed, Selvi Adaikkalam Zabihi, ed. — Eleven essays by contributors from different communities, exploring how religious insights can creat... Books.
5. 2023-2026. BWNS Podcasts: Conversations and Insights from the Field. Bahá'í World News Service. — Links to 46 interviews highlighting how Baha’i individuals and communities worldwide apply spiritu... Audio.
6. 2023-12. Guess Who's Coming to Church: The Chicago Defender, the Federal Council of Churches, and Rethinking Shared Faith in Interracial Religious Practice. William Stell. — Exploring "Go-to-a-White-Church Sunday" initiated by Robert S. Abbott (1922) and "Race Relations Sun... Articles.
7. 2020. Why Constructive Resilience? An Autobiographical Essay. Michael L. Penn. — Reflections on growing up African-American; guidance from and a meeting with William Hatcher; the re... Articles.
8. 2020. Constructive Imaginary, The. Michael Karlberg. — In a 2007 letter on the closing of the BIHE, the Universal House of Justice introduced the concept o... Articles.
9. 2020. Views from a Black Artist in the Century of Light. Elizabeth de Souza. — On the experiences of Black artists; biographical notes on McCleary “Bunch” Washington; African-... Articles.
10. 2020. Africanity, Womanism, and Constructive Resilience: Some Reflections. Layli Maparyan. — The meanings of the metaphor "pupil of the eye;" experiences of growing up African-American in the W... Articles.
11. 2020. Black Inventors Who Have Improved Your Life. Jaine Toth. — Introduces some black inventors and their accomplishments that make our lives so much better. (No me... Presentations.
12. 2019. Centering the "Pupil of the Eye": Blackness, Modernity, and the Revelation of Bahá'u'lláh. Derik Smith. — The "pupil of the eye" metaphor is a deeply consequential, distinguishing feature of the transformat... Articles.
13. 2019. Hayden, Robert. Christopher Buck, Derik Smith. — In his poetics of history and his nuanced representations of black life, Hayden's art showed that th... Biographies.
14. 2018. Bahá'í Faith and African American History, The: Introduction. Loni Bramson. — Contents, Introduction, and Index from this book, with links to two chapters (by Christopher Buck). Essays.
15. 2018. Alain Locke on Race, Religion, and the Bahá'í Faith. Christopher Buck. — Locke was cynical about the prospect of real progress in race relations within Christianity itself, ... Articles.
16. 2017. Calling, The: Tahirih of Persia and Her American Contemporaries. Hussein Ahdieh, Hillary Chapman. — Simultaneous, powerful spiritual movements swept across both Iran and the U.S in the mid-1800s. On t... Books.
17. 2017. Servants of the Glory: A Chronicle of Forty Years of Pioneering. Adrienne Morgan, Dempsey Morgan. — Memoirs of a black couple from the United States who lived and spread the Baha’i Faith in across p... Biographies.
18. 2016-03-17. Demographics of the United States National Spiritual Assembly. Archives Office of the United States Bahá'í National Center. — Percentage of women, African-Americans, Native Americans, Asian Americans, and Latino Americans serv... Statistics.
19. 2016 Summer. Margaret Danner, the Black Arts Movement, and the Bahá'í Faith. Richard Hollinger. — Short overview of the life of a black Baha’i poet of some renown in the 1960s and 1970s. Includes ... Articles.
20. 2016. Champions of Oneness: Louis Gregory and His Shining Circle, by Janet Ruhe-Schoen: Review. Lex Musta. Reviews.
21. 2016. No Jim Crow Church: The Origins of South Carolina's Bahá'í Community, by Louis Venters: Review. Richard Thomas. Reviews.
22. 2013-2018/2023. Various Essays. Susan Gammage. — 47 short essays on following the teachings and living a Baha'i life, life coaching and counselling, ... Essays.
23. 2013. Alain Locke. Christopher Buck. Encyclopedia.
24. 2013. Harlem Renaissance. Christopher Buck. Encyclopedia.
25. 2013. Abdu'l-Baha's 1912 Howard University Speech: A Civil War Myth for Interracial Emancipation. Christopher Buck. — Overview of the event, press coverage, publications of the speech, the Emancipation Proclamation "my... Articles.
26. 2012-12-22. `Abdu'l-Bahá's 1912 Howard University Speech: A Civil War Discourse for Interracial Emancipation. Christopher Buck, Nahzy Abadi Buck. — Presentation at Grand Canyon Baha'i Conference on Abdu'l-Baha and the Black Intelligentsia, especial... Presentations.
27. 2012-12. Interracial "Bahá'í Movement" and the Black Intelligentsia, The: The Case of W. E. B. Du Bois. Christopher Buck. — Du Bois’s encounters with the Baha’i religion from 1910 to 1953, his connection to the New York ... Articles.
28. 2012-02-10. Public Discourse on Race: Abdu'l-Bahá's 1912 Howard University Speech. Christopher Buck. — Presentation at Louhelen Bahá’í School on ‘Abdu’l-Baha and the black intelligentsia, his v... Presentations.
29. 2011. Bahá'í 'Race Amity' Movement and the Black Intelligentsia in Jim Crow America, The: Alain Locke and Robert Abbott. Christopher Buck. — W. E. B. Du Bois, Alain L. Locke and Robert S. Abbott, ranked as the 4th, 36th and 41st most influen... Articles.
30. 2010. Locke, Shock, and Abbott: Baha'i Theology and the Acceleration of the African American Civil Rights Movement. Guy Emerson Mount. — African American responses to Abdu'l-Baha's 1912 visit to America, Abdu'l Baha's teachings among pro... Articles-unpublished.
31. 2008. Alain Locke: Faith and Philosophy, by Christopher Buck: Review. Derik Smith. Reviews.
32. 2008. Robert Hayden's 'American Journal': A Multidimensional Analysis. Christopher Buck. — A study of an often neglected poem which combines an informal cultural analysis of the USA with a so... Articles.
33. 2007-09-24. Alain Locke: 'Race Amity' and the Bahá'í Faith. Christopher Buck. — Presentation in slide format about the "First Black Rhodes Scholar." Presentations.
34. 2006-04-15. Alain Locke: Race Leader, Social Philosopher, Bahá'í Pluralist: 94th Annual Commemoration of 'Abdu'l-Baha's 1912 Visit to Howard University. Christopher Buck. — Available both as audio and PDF, and includes press release. Presentations.
35. 2005-03-08. African American Baha'is, Race Relations and the Development of the Baha'i Community in the United States. Richard Thomas. — Robert Turner, Susie Steward, Louis Gregory, and the roles played by blacks in the history of the Ba... Audio.
36. 2005. Alain Locke: Race Leader, Social Philosopher, Baha'i Pluralist: includes Alain Locke in his Own Words: Three Essays and a poem. Christopher Buck, Alain Locke. — Article by Buck, poem "The Moon Maiden" and three essays by Locke introduced by Buck: "The Gospel fo... Articles.
37. 2004-11-16. Life and Poetry of Robert Hayden, The: A Bahá'í Perspective. Ann Boyles. Audio.
38. 2004-01-29. Robert Hayden. Christopher Buck. — The first African American poet-laureate of the United States (as Library of Congress "Consultant in... Encyclopedia.
39. 2004. Alain Locke. Christopher Buck. — The life and ideas of the leading African-American intellectual Alain Locke and his involvement with... Articles.
40. 2004. Alain Locke and Cultural Pluralism. Christopher Buck. — The worldview of the African American thinker Alain Locke as a Baha'i, his secular perspective as a ... Articles.
41. 2004. Trial and Triumph: The Origins of the Bahá'í Faith in Black America. Jerome Green. — Focusing on a period between 1890 and 1940, this work addresses how Black America first encountered ... Theses.
42. 2001/2002. Alain Locke: Baha'i Philosopher. Christopher Buck. — Biography of one of the important African American intellectuals and his impact on American thought ... Articles.
43. 1998. Pupil of the Eye, The: African Americans in the World Order of Bahá'u'lláh. The Báb, Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Universal House of Justice, Bonnie J. Taylor, comp. . — A compilation of references in the Baha'i writings to African-Americans and those of African descent... Compilations-personal.
44. 1998. Amoz Everett Gibson: The First Black Member of the Universal House of Justice. Richard Francis. — Biography of a prominent black Baha'i teacher and former member of the Universal House of Justice. Biographies.
45. 1996-04-01. African Americans in the United States. Universal House of Justice. — Comments about what public role might be played by the Baha'i Faith in America to ameliorate the dif... UHJ-letters.
46. 1994-02. Black Roses in Canada's Mosaic: Four Decades of Black History. Will C. van den Hoonaard, Lynn Echevarria-Howe. — Survey of African-Americans in Canada, their activities in the Baha'i community, and statistical in... Articles-unpublished.

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