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| 1928 Jan |
A charter was granted by the State of New
York to World Unity Foundation, a
body of trustees administering the
Conferences, the Institute of World
Unity, and also assisting in the promotion of World Unity Magazine.
The purpose of the Foundation, as
set forth in the Charter, is "to maintain facilities for promoting those ethical, humanitarian and spiritual ideals
and principles which create harmony
and understanding among religions,
races, nations and classes; and for cooperating with established educational,
scientific and religious bodies working
ior these ends." The Charter was
granted to the following as trustees:
John Herman Randall (a Christian Minister), Mary Rumsey
Movius, Melbert B, Cary, Florence
Reed Morton, Alfred W. Martin, Horace Holley and Mountfort Mills. [BN No 20 Nov 1927 p8; BN No 22 Mar 1928 p8] |
Conferences, World unity; World Unity Foundation; World Unity (magazine); New York, USA; USA |
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| 1928 Jan |
A Covenant-breaker, Jamil Irani, tried to stir up trouble by implicating the Bahá'ís with Saláru'd-Dawlih, an ambitious brother of Muhammad-'Ali Sháh who had been deposed by the 1909 Revolution in Iran. The allegation was investigated by Lord Plummer, the British High Commissioner in Palestine who learned the truth of the matter. [SETPE1p151-152] |
Covenant-breakers; Jamil Irani; Plummer, Lord; Iran; Haifa, Israel |
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| 1928 Jan (toward the end of the month) |
The Chicago community held its first Race Amity Conference. Louis Gregory was a speaker at that gathering. [SYH147] |
Louis G. Gregory; Race; Race unity; Conferences, Race Amity; Chicago, IL |
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