Chronology: Date 1952-04-21

date	event	tags	firsts
1952 Ridván	The National Convention of the Bahá'ís of Central America was scheduled to be held in a prestigious hotel in San Jose, Costa Rica. When a distinguish believer, Mr Matthew Bullock, was not allowed to register at the hotel because of his race, the National Assembly moved the Convention to another venue and registered guests moved to small pensions rather than staying at the hotel. [SDSC65] Matthew Bullock was one of the early African-American believers in the United States. He became an enrolled believer in 1940 after 15 years of knowledge of the Faith. In 1952 he was elected to the National Spiritual Assembly and along with fellow NSA member Elsie Austin, represented that institution at the first Intercontinental Teaching Conference in Uganda in 1953. [LoS108, SDSC102]	Conventions, National; NSA; Race; Matthew Bullock; Elsie Austin; San Jose, CA; Costa Rica; Central America
1952 Ridván	The first local spiritual assembly of Singapore City was established. [BW12:573; PH58, 67]	Local Spiritual Assembly; Singapore	first Local Spiritual Assembly Singapore City
1952 Ridván	The first local spiritual assembly in Tanganyika was established in Dar-es-Salaam. Jalal Nakhjavani, Hassan Sabri, Isobel Sabri, Leslie Matola, Khanum Darakshandeh Nakhjavani, Dudley Denis-Smith Kutendele, Eustace Mwalimu, and Naimi Frahang Nayer Gopalkrishnan were among its members; Matola belonged to the Yao tribe, while Mwalimu belonged to another. [History of the Bahá'í Faith in Tanzania]	Local Spiritual Assembly; Dar-es-salaam, Tanzania	first Local Spiritual Assembly in Tanganyika
1952 Ridván	The first local spiritual assembly of Uganda was established in Kampala. Enoch Olinga was a member.	Local Spiritual Assembly; Kampala, Uganda	first Local Spiritual Assembly of Uganda
1952 Ridván	The National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of Central America launched a One Year Plan (1952-1953). [Ruhi 8.2 p46; The Spiritual Conquest of the Planet (Supplement) p2] Shoghi Effendi provided the following advice for the aims of the Central American Assembly: -To establish harmony, love and understanding among the Bahá'ís -To promote the teaching work -To win support for the National Bahá'í Fund -To assure publication of Bahá'í literature in well-translated Spanish editions in cooperation with the National Spiritual Assembly of South America. [BW12p68-69; Shoghi Effendi: Author of Teaching Plans ]	- Teaching Plans; - Teaching Plans, National; Central America One Year Plan; Central America
Try also a shorter date like 1952-04-2 or 1952-04 try also the Chronology Canada — 1952-04-21 or 1952-04-2 or 1952-04

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