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#Bahai #America Shoghi Effendi, 1954:

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George Washington Carver: Not Bahá'í but he wrote this of it: “I am so happy to know that the Christ-like Gospel of good will is growing throughout the world. You hold in your organization the key that will settle all of our difficulties" #Bahai #BlackHistoryMonth bahaiteachings.org/dr-george-wa...

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Dana Dorsey: son and grandson of slaves, who became Miami, Florida’s first black millionaire. An illustrious figure in the history of the black community in segregated Miami during the Jim Crow era. #Bahai #BlackHistoryMonth bahaiteachings.org/miamis-renow...

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Dorothy Champ: Broadway actress, designer, singer, model, dancer, who became a Bahá’í in 1919 and went on to become a great teacher of the Faith. First black person elected to the Local Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of New York City. #Bahai #BlackHistoryMonth bahaichronicles.org/dorothy-champ/

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Fayard Nicholas, of the Nicholas Brothers: developed the duo’s trademark balletic & acrobatic style which they showcased in 65 movies, and which inspired such greats as Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly & Michael Jackson, to whom they taught tap. #Bahai #BlackHistoryMonth bahaichronicles.org/fayard-nicho...

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Mary Brown Martin: first black person & 2nd woman elected to the Cleveland Board of Education. Leader in the Cleveland women’s suffrage movement. “If a woman is good enough to be the mother of the president, she is good enough to vote.” #Bahai #BlackHistoryMonth bahaiteachings.org/inspirationa...

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Major Alfred Goggins: #Bahai #BlackHistoryMonth bahaiteachings.org/fascinating-...

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This is our household exactly. We know things are going to get bad, like Great Depression bad or possibly worse. We just don’t know how fast it’s coming, so we’re doing what we can to prepare now.

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Pocahontas Pope: The first African American Baha’i of Washington, D.C. #Bahai #BlackHistoryMonth bahaiteachings.org/spiritual-an...

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Nina DuBois: W.E.B. DuBois' interest in the Bahá'í Faith led to his wife becoming a believer. He wrote: “if I were going to join a religious organization I should certainly be strongly tempted to join the Bahai movement” #Bahai #BlackHistoryMonth bahaiteachings.org/w-e-b-nina-d...

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#Bahai

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Coralie Cook: An African American woman, who was born into enslavement, later became a famous public speaker, inspiring suffragist, and devoted Baha’i. #Bahai #BlackHistoryMonth bahaiteachings.org/coralie-fran...

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Robert Hayden: First African-American Poet Laureate of the U.S. A true poetic craftsman, his poems reflected his life & faith, even as he refused to allow his work to be limited by expectations of labels or identity. #Bahai #BlackHistoryMonth bahaiteachings.org/poet-laureat...

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Robert Turner: First African-American Bahá'í. Born a slave, he eventually became Phoebe Hearst's butler, where he learned about the Bahá'í Faith with her and was in the first group of Western pilgrims to go on pilgrimage to 'Akká. #Bahai #BlackHistoryMonth bahaiteachings.org/robert-turne...

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John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie: jazz trumpet virtuoso and influential innovator (Bebop, Afro-Cuban jazz), cultural ambassador who brought jazz to the world at the height of the Cold War. #Bahai #BlackHistoryMonth bahaiteachings.org/dizzy-gilles...

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Ronald McNair: 2nd African American and 1st Baha’i to fly in space. Persevered from a childhood in Jim Crow era South Carolina to earning a doctorate in physics at MIT and becoming an astronaut. Died in the Challenger shuttle disaster. #Bahai #BlackHistoryMonth bahaiteachings.org/dr-ronald-mc...

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History is interesting (and instructive). “History doesn’t repeat itself but it often rhymes.”

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An interesting article about the Bahá'ís of Chicago in the 1920s and 30s. "In the 1920s and 1930s the Chicago Bahá’ís were among the very first religionists in the United States to implement the principle of racial unity" #Bahai #BlackHistoryMonth bahai.works/World_Order/...

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Sadie & Mabry Oglesby: worked tirelessly to bridge the racial divide at a time when it was dangerous to do so in the U.S. #Bahai #BlackHistoryMonth bahaiteachings.org/sadie-oglesb...

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Robert S. Abbott: Publisher/owner of influential Black newspaper, the Chicago Defender, whose original motto was “American race prejudice must be destroyed.” Wrote editorials for his paper publicizing & encouraging the Great Migration. #Bahai #BlackHistoryMonth bahaiteachings.org/robert-s-abb...

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Elsie Austin: first African American woman to graduate from the University of Cincinnati College of Law (where she was among the first group of Black students) and first African American woman to serve as Ohio Assistant Attorney-General. #Bahai #BlackHistoryMonth bahaiteachings.org/remembering-...

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Alain Locke: philosopher, educator. Dean of the Harlem Renaissance, author of "The New Negro", cofounder of cultural pluralism. First elected black president of a predominantly white organization (American Association of Adult Education). #Bahai #BlackHistoryMonth bahaiteachings.org/alain-locke-...

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The systematic persecution continues. #Bahai #Iran www.reuters.com/world/middle...

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