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This book examines the intersection of African American history with that of the Bahá’í Faith in the United States. Since the turn of the twentieth century, Bahá’ís in America have actively worked to establish interracial harmony within its own ranks and to contribute to social justice in the wider community, becoming in the process one of the country’s most diverse religious bodies. Spanning from the start of the twentieth century to the early twenty-first, the essays in this volume examine aspects of the phenomenon of this religion confronting America’s original sin of racism and the significant roles African Americans came to play in the development of the Bahá’í Faith’s culture, identity, administrative structures, and aspirations.

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Author:   Loni Bramson ,  Christopher Buck ,  Gwendolyn Etter-Lewis ,  Louis Venters
Publisher:   Lexington Books
Imprint:   Lexington Books
Dimensions:   Width: 15.90cm , Height: 2.40cm , Length: 23.00cm
Weight:   0.590kg
ISBN:  

9781498570022

ISBN 10:   149857002
Pages:   296
Publication Date:   04 December 2018
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

Introduction by Loni Bramson 1. The Baha'i Pupil of the Eye Metaphor: Promoting Ideal Race Relations in Jim Crow America by Christopher Buck 2. The Most Vital and Challenging Issue : The Baha'i Faith's Efforts to Improve Race Relations, 1922 to 1936 by Loni Bramson 3. Alain Locke on Race, Religion, and the Baha'i Faith by Christopher Buck 4. The Most Challenging Issue Revisited: African American Baha'i Women and the Advancement of Race and Gender Equality, 1899-1943 by Gwendolyn Etter-Lewis 5. Hand in Hand: Race, Identity, and Community Development among South Carolina's Baha'is,1973-1979 by Louis Venters 6. Race Unity Efforts among American Baha'is: Institutionalized Tools and Empirical Evidence by Mike McMullen 7. Race, Place, and Clusters: Current Vision and Possible Strategies by June Manning Thomas Conclusion by Multiple Authors of the Chapters in This Book About the Contributors

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Loni Bramson is associate professor at the American Public University System.

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