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 Bahá'í in 1908. Biographies.
2. 2026. Selected Archives on Robert Durr. Steven Kolins, comp. Archival material provided by the U.S. National Bahá’í Archives about the African-American editor of the Birmingham Weekly Review. 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 Bahá’í 'Pupil of the Eye' Metaphor: Promoting Ideal Race Relations in Jim Crow America." 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 create an inclusive, empowering American narrative that fosters unity and racial justice across diverse communities. Books.
5. 2023-2026. BWNS Podcasts: Conversations and Insights from the Field. Bahá'í World News Service. Links to 46 interviews highlighting how Bahá’í individuals and communities worldwide apply spiritual principles to education, governance, equality, and social transformation, fostering unity and the betterment of society. Video and audio available. 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 Sunday" (1923), calling for critical analysis of assumed shared faith in interracial practice. 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 relationship between stress and anxiety, depression, and powerlessness; the practice of constructive resilience. 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 of "constructive resilience"; on the relationship of this to other concepts in discourses on social change, and its relevance to the exigencies of the age. 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-American spiritual songs. 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 West; overcoming cosmological negation; the African worldview on nature, humanity, and creation; gendered expressions of African culture. 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 mention of the Bahá'í Faith.) 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 transformative social and spiritual system laid out in Bahá’u’lláh's Revelation. 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 the African American experience was quintessentially American, and that blackness was an essential aspect of heterogeneous America. 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, but he saw potential in Bahá'í efforts to promote race amity and making democracy more egalitarian in terms of the rights of minorities. 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 the life and martyrdom of Tahirih; the 1848 Seneca Falls Convention and the conference of Badasht; spiritualism and suffrage. 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 Bahá’í Faith in across parts of east Asia and Africa in the 1950s-1980s. Text by Dempsey Morgan, poems by Adrienne Morgan. Link to document offsite. 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 serving on the U.S. and Canadian NSAs from 1922-2015. 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 Bahá’í poet of some renown in the 1960s and 1970s. Includes one sample poem. 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 Bahá'í life, life coaching and counselling, recovery from substances or abuse, family matters, dreams, elections, debt, abortion, and more. Includes bios of Bruce Matthews and Caroline Lehmann. 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 "myth" and its historical influence, the role of whites, and the rhetoric of progress. 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 Bahá'í Conference on Abdu'l-Bahá and the Black Intelligentsia, especially W. E. B. Du Bois; his speech to the NAACP; and reproductions of many newspaper clippings covering his visit to Washington, DC. 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 Baha’i community, and discussion of segregated Baha’i meetings in Tennessee in 1937. 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-Bahá and the black intelligentsia, his views of the Civil War and the Emancipation Proclamation, and his message to African Americans and the "Whites." 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 influential in African American history, all expressed interest in the Baha’i ethic of world unity, from family to international relations, and social crisis. 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-Bahá's 1912 visit to America, Abdu'l Baha's teachings among prominent African American leaders, and the nature of the 'Black Church' during the wider 'Progressive Era' of Jim Crow segregation. 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 social commentary on the world. It treats the human race from a universal perspective, emphasizing the importance of human solidarity. 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 Bahá'ís of the US. 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 for the Twentieth Century," "Peace between Black and White in the United States," and "Five Phases of Democracy: Farewell Address at Talladega College." 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 Poetry"). Encyclopedia.
39. 2004. Alain Locke. Christopher Buck. The life and ideas of the leading African-American intellectual Alain Locke and his involvement with the Bahá'í Faith. Articles.
40. 2004. Alain Locke and Cultural Pluralism. Christopher Buck. The worldview of the African American thinker Alain Locke as a Bahá'í, his secular perspective as a philosopher, and the synergy between his confessional and professional essays. 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 the Bahá’í Faith and demonstrates the Faith’s social and religious appeal within the black community. 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 and culture. Includes two letters written by or on behalf of Shoghi Effendi. 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 Bahá'í 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 Bahá'í 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 Bahá'í Faith in America to ameliorate the difficulties faced by African-American males. 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 Bahá'í community, and statistical information. Articles-unpublished.

1. 1848-07-19 —
   The Women's Rights Convention was held in the Wesleyan Chapel at Seneca Falls, NY. The principle organizer was Lucretia Mott, with Elizabeth Cady Stanton as its driving intellect. A significant role was played by an African-American man, an abolitionist and a recently freed slave, Frederick Douglass. The convention adopted a Declaration of Rights and Sentiments that consisted of 11 resolutions including the right for women to vote. The signatories were the 68 women and 32 men in attendance. The right for women to vote became part of the United States Constitution in 1920. [The Calling: Tahirih of Persia and her American Contemporaries p114-160, "Seneca Falls First Woman's Rights Convention of 1848: The Sacred Rites of the Nation" by Bradford W. Miller (Journal of Bahá'í Studies, 8.3, 1998)]
   • This conference has been compared to the Conference of Badasht with respect to the emancipation of women and entrenched prejudices.
   • Tahirih and Women's Suffrage written by / on behalf of Universal House of Justice in which they deal with the question of the relationship between Táhirih and women's sufferage as well as the station of Táhirih herself.
2. 1926-02-07 — Carter G. Woodson, author, historian and professor, (1875-1950), initiated the first celebration of Negro History Week which led to Black History Month, to extend and deepen the study and scholarship on African American history, all year long. [Zinn Education Project]
3. 1954-06-09 —
   The passing of Alain LeRoy Locke (b. September 13, 1885, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.) in New York. He was laid to rest in Congressional Cemetery in Washington DC.
   • Locke graduated from Harvard University and was the first African American to win a prestigious Rhodes Scholarship (1907). Despite his intellect and clear talent, Locke faced significant barriers as an African American. In spite of the fact that he had been selected as the first African-American Rhodes Scholar, Locke was denied admission to several colleges at the University of Oxford because of his race. He finally gained entry into Hertford College, where he studied from 1907 to 1910. Locke also studied philosophy at the University of Berlin during his years abroad. He subsequently received a doctorate in philosophy from Harvard and taught at Howard University.
   • Locke declared his belief in the Bahá'í Faith in 1918. He is thus among a list of some 40 known African Americans to join the religion during the ministry of 'Abdu'l-Bahá.
   • In 1925 he published The New Negro: An Interpretation of Negro Life. It was an anthology showcasing African American artists and is generally considered a seminal moment in the founding of the Harlem Renaissance and he became known as the "Dean of the Harlem Renaissance" which sought to advance African Americans through race relations, the arts, and social thought, leaving behind European and white American styles and celebrating the black experience.
   • See Alain Locke: Four Talks Redefining Democracy, Education, and World Citizenship edited and introduced by Christoper Buck and Betty J Fisher in World Order Vol 38 No3 p21-41. [Uplifting Words; Wikipedia] [Uplifting Words; Wikipedia]
   • See his article "Impressions of Haifa". [BW3p527-528]
   • See also his article "The Orientation of Hope". [BW5p527-528]
   • See Alain Locke: Bahá'í Philosopher by Christopher Buck.
   • See Alain Locke: Faith & Philosophy by Christopher Buck
     • See the review by Derik Smith in World Order Vol 38 No3 p42-48.
   • See Bahá'í Chronicles.
   • See Bahá'í Teachings.
   • See Uplifting Words.
   • The Bahá'í Faith and African American History: Creating Racial and Religious Diversity, Chapter 3: "Alain Locke on Race, Religion, and the Bahá'í Faith" by Christopher Buck.
   • The US Postal Service issued a series of stamps entitles Great Literary Movement: The voices of the Harlem Renaissance Forever on 21 May 2020.
   • Find a grave.
4. 1986-01-28 —
   The death of NASA Astronaut Ronald Erwin McNair (b. 21 October, 1951 in Lake City, SC) when Space Shuttle Challenger disintegrated nine miles above the Atlantic Ocean just 73 seconds after liftoff. Prior to this launch he had served 7 days, 23 minutes in space. He was buried in Rest Lawn Memorial Park in Lake City, South Carolina. [BlackPast.org]
   • McNair Crater on the Moon is named for him. [Wikipedia]

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