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1971 May
197-		 The first National Teaching Committee of Sierra Leone was appointed by the Regional Spiritual Assembly of West Africa. Teaching; Firsts, other; Sierra Leone first National Teaching Committee of Sierra Leone
1971 21 – 23 May
197-		 The Oceanic Conference of the Caribbean was held in Kingston, Jamaica. [BW15:218, 319–20; VV5–6]
  • For pictures see BW15:304–8 and VV6.
    		•  Oceanic Conference; - Conferences; Kingston, ON; Jamaica
    1971 21 – 23 May
    197-    		 The Oceanic Conference of the South Pacific was held in Suva, Fiji, BW15:320–1; VV6.
  • For pictures see BW15:308–9.
    		•  Oceanic Conference; - Conferences; Suva, Fiji; Fiji
    1971 24 May
    197-    		 The passing of Anna Reinke (b. 15 August, 1882 Travis County, Texas) in Travis County Texas. She was buried in the Maul Cemetery in Travis County.
  • She is considered the mother of the Bahá'í community in Texas. Anna Reinke was a seamstress who lived in a converted Austin trolley from 1942 until her passing. She had learned of the Faith from her sister in Washington DC. Reinke is credited with the first racially integrated meeting ever held in Texas when she joined Gregory at Anderson High School, which was an all-African American school, where he delivered a message of racial friendship. The program eventually became the forerunner of the Louis Gregory Symposium on Race Unity that began March 27, 2007, and is held annually on Austin's Huston-Tillotson University campus. In the late 1940s, the Texas Regional Teaching Committee began an annual event, the Inter-racial Panel, that included Texan members of the Bahá'í faith, with the first event—a picnic—held at the home of Reinke, an active committee member. [The Statesman 29 October, 2019]
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    		•  Anna Reinke; Travis County, TX; Texas, USA; United States (USA) first Baha'i in Texas. Held the first racially integrated meeting in Texas.
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