How the Founder of America’s Most Important Black Newspaper Became a Baha’i

How the Founder of America’s Most Important Black Newspaper Became a Baha’i

In the October 12, 1952 issue of Ebony magazine, a feature article appeared titled, “Baha’i Faith, Only Church in World That Does Not Discriminate.”  At that time, Ebony magazine enjoyed a huge... Read more »
Meet Miami’s First Black Millionaire, Who Worked to Worship

Meet Miami’s First Black Millionaire, Who Worked to Worship

Meet Miami’s first Black millionaire — Dana Albert Dorsey, a real estate magnate, philanthropist, Miami’s most famous early Black resident, and a Baha’i. Dorsey, a sharecropper’s son, was born in 1872 in... Read more »
Dizzy Gillespie, Music, and the Baha’i Faith

Dizzy Gillespie, Music, and the Baha’i Faith

…music, sung or played, is spiritual food for soul and heart. The musician’s art is among those arts worthy of the highest praise, and it moveth the hearts of all… – Abdu’l-Baha,... Read more »
Sadie Oglesby’s Message About Standing Up for Racial Justice

Sadie Oglesby’s Message About Standing Up for Racial Justice

What does standing up for racial justice look like? What behaviors does it require? What actions does it necessitate? RELATED: How to Be a Better Ally for Racial Justice Learn from Sadie... Read more »
Hazel Scott: A Famous Black Pianist, Singer, and Baha’i

Hazel Scott: A Famous Black Pianist, Singer, and Baha’i

Often, when women of color are vocal about discrimination, they become the targets of hostile sexism and are tone policed or silenced. And, if you were a Black woman during segregation, speaking... Read more »
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