RT Book
T1 The Bahá'í faith and African American history: creating racial and religious diversity
A2 Bramson, Loni
LA English
PP Lanham Boulder New York London
PB Lexington Books
YR 2019
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1663787719
AB The Bahá'í "pupil of the eye" metaphor : promoting ideal race relations in Jim Crow America / Christopher Buck -- "The most vital and challenging issue" : the Bahá'í faith's efforts to improve race relations, 1922 to 1936 / Loni Bramson -- Alain Locke on race, religion, and the Bahá'í faith / Christopher Buck -- The most challenging issue revisited : African American Bahá'í women and the advancement of race and gender equality, 1899-1943 / Gwendolyn Etter-Lewis -- Hand in hand : race, identity, and community development among South Carolina's Bahá'í, 1973-1979 / Louis Venters -- Race unity efforts among American Bahá'í : institutionalized tools and empirical evidence / Mike McMullen -- Race, place, and clusters : current vision and possible strategies / June Manning Thomas.
AB "Since the early twentieth century, the Baha'í religion has worked to establish racially and ethnically diverse communities. During Jim Crow, it was a leader in breaking norms of racial segregation. Each chapter of this book presents an aspect of Baha'i history that intersects with African American history in novel and socially significant ways"--
NO Includes bibliographical references and index
CN BP350
SN 978-1-4985-7002-2
K1 African American Bahais
K1 Bahai Faith : United States : History
K1 Bahai Faith and social problems : United States
K1 African Americans : Religion
K1 Race Relations : Religious aspects : Bahai Faith
K1 African Americans : Segregation
K1 United States : Race relations