- Abdu'l-Baha and "The Other", by Jan T. Jasion. (2021-02) On xenophobia; Abdu'l-Bahá's response to it; his reactions to certain newspapers; the impact of xenophobia on digitized collections; some comments by Bahá'u'lláh on journalism. Text of a webinar presented to the Wilmette Institute (December, 2020).
- Abdu'l-Bahá in America, by Robert H. Stockman, and Abdu'l-Bahá's Journey West: The Course of Human Solidarity, ed. Negar Mottahedeh: Reviews, by Firuz Kazemzadeh. (2013)
- Abdu'l-Baha's 1912 Howard University Speech: A Civil War Myth for Interracial Emancipation, by Christopher Buck. (2013) Overview of the event, press coverage, publications of the speech, the Emancipation Proclamation "myth" and its historical influence, the role of whites, and the rhetoric of progress.
- African American Baha'is, Race Relations and the Development of the Baha'i Community in the United States, by Richard Thomas. (2005-03-08) Robert Turner, Susie Steward, Louis Gregory, and the roles played by blacks in the history of the Bahá'ís of the US.
- Alain Locke: 'Race Amity' and the Bahá'í Faith, by Christopher Buck. (2007-09-24) Presentation in slide format about the "First Black Rhodes Scholar."
- Alain Locke materials: index to some documents online, by Various. (2010) List of the various documents at the Bahá'í Library Online by or about Alain Locke, an American writer, philosopher, educator, and patron of the arts who received a Tablet from Abdu'l-Bahá.
- Alain Locke on Race, Religion, and the Bahá'í Faith, by Christopher Buck. (2018) Locke was cynical about the prospect of real progress in race relations within Christianity itself, but he saw potential in Bahá'í efforts to promote race amity and making democracy more egalitarian in terms of the rights of minorities.
- Alain Locke's "Moral Imperatives for World Order" Revisited, by Christopher Buck. (2019) In public speeches presented in 1944 Locke argues that racism, although an American problem, is not purely a domestic issue; it has bilateral and multilateral consequences; unity of races, religions, and nations is a moral imperative.
- "And universal peace — in what Book is this written?": How and Why 'Abdu'l-Bahá Identified "New" and Distinctive Bahá'í Principles, by Christopher Buck. (2022-09) Reflections on ‘Abdu’l-Bahá's answer to the question "What has Bahá’u’lláh brought that we have not heard before?"
- Bahá'í "Pupil of the Eye" Metaphor, The: Promoting Ideal Race Relations in Jim Crow America, by Christopher Buck. (2018) On the notable contribution to promoting ideal race relations in Jim Crow America by the Bahá'í Faith which, though small in number, was socially significant in its concerted efforts to foster and advance harmony between the races.
- Bahá'í 'Race Amity' Movement and the Black Intelligentsia in Jim Crow America, The: Alain Locke and Robert Abbott, by Christopher Buck. (2011) W. E. B. Du Bois, Alain L. Locke and Robert S. Abbott, ranked as the 4th, 36th and 41st most influential in African American history, all expressed interest in the Baha’i ethic of world unity, from family to international relations, and social crisis.
- Bahá'í Approach to Non-Involvement in Partisan Political Activity, by Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice, National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States. United States Bahá'í National Center, comp. (2022-10) Resource for individual and group study, in light of the current civil and political unrest in the U.S., Iran, and the world; reasons for the Bahá’í stance against partisan activity and its approach to social change; Bahá'í use of social media.
- Baha'i Doctrine Attracts Non-whites, by James S. Tinney. (1983-10-20) On the Bahá'í Faith's progress toward racial unity; brief bios of Glenford Mitchell, Amoz Gibson, Wilma Brady, Barbara Eaton Bond, and Alberta Deas; reflections on Black experiences of the Bahá'í community.
- Bahá'í Faith and African American History, The: Introduction, by Loni Bramson. (2018) Contents, Introduction, and Index from this book, with links to two chapters (by Christopher Buck).
- Bahá'í Response to Racial Injustice and Pursuit of Racial Unity, The: Part 1 (1912-1996), by Richard Thomas. (2021-01) The American Bahá’í community’s historical efforts to address racial injustice which has afflicted the United States since its founding.
- Bahá'ís have outsized MLK presence, by Abe Levy. (2013-01-18) Bahá'ís play an increasingly-active role in events celebrating the message of Martin Luther King.
- Dawn over Mount Hira and Other Essays, by Marzieh Gail. (1976) A collection of essays on various topics of interest to Bahá'í studies and history. Most of these were first published in Star of the West and World Order between 1929 and 1971.
- Dear White Christians: For Those Still Longing for Racial Reconciliation, by Jennifer Harvey: Review, by Dianne Coin. (2017)
- Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Nine Year Plan, by Universal House of Justice. (2022-11-01) Matters relating to the Nine Year Plan (2022-2031), ethnic and cultural diversity, humanity's crisis of identity, prejudice, economic injustice, and Africa.
- Hayden, Robert, by Christopher Buck, Derik Smith. (2019) In his poetics of history and his nuanced representations of black life, Hayden's art showed that the African American experience was quintessentially American, and that blackness was an essential aspect of heterogeneous America.
- Intimate Diversity: The Presentation of Multiculturalism and Multiracialism in a High-Boundary Religious Movement, by Kathleen Jenkins. (2003) On the construction and maintenance of multiracial/ethnic networks in religious movements, through a comparative analysis of International Churches of Christ, The People's Temple, and the U.S. Bahá'í community.
- Introduction to a Statement on Race Unity, by National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States. (1997-12-17) An informal letter on the "most challenging issue confronting America."
- Keys to Harmony, by Daniel C. Jordan. (n.d.) Ways of bringing harmony into the world, using musical analogies.
- Letter to the United States and Canada on Racism, 1961, by Rúhíyyih Khánum. (1961-03-09)
- Locke, Shock, and Abbott: Baha'i Theology and the Acceleration of the African American Civil Rights Movement, by Guy Emerson Mount. (2010) African American responses to Abdu'l-Bahá's 1912 visit to America, Abdu'l Baha's teachings among prominent African American leaders, and the nature of the 'Black Church' during the wider 'Progressive Era' of Jim Crow segregation.
- Monologues on the Bicentenary of the Birth of Baha'u'llah and Howard University Visit Commemoration, by Vasu Mohan, Donna Denize, Nadim van de Fliert. (2017-10/2018-04) Five biographical monologues delivered in the fictionalized voices of Harriett Gibbs Marshall, Laura Dreyfus Barney, Louis Gregory, Alain Locke, and Pocahontas Pope.
- New Creation, A: The Power of the Covenant in the Life of Louis Gregory, by Gayle Morrison. (1999) Louis Gregory's achievements, focussing on his promotion of the oneness of humankind, teaching the Bahá’í Faith, and administering its affairs. Gregory became both a herald of the Covenant and an enduring example of its transforming power.
- Path to God, The: 1937, by Dorothy Baker. (1937) Essay published as a pamphlet about the goal of life, revelation and access to heaven, self-improvement while on earth, prayer and spiritual surrender, loving the Messenger and following his teachings.
- Pupil of the Eye, The: African Americans in the World Order of Bahá'u'lláh, by The Báb, Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Universal House of Justice. Bonnie J. Taylor, comp. (1998) A compilation of references in the Bahá'í writings to African-Americans and those of African descent.
- Race and Man: A Compilation, by Maye Harvey Gift, Alice Simmons Cox. (1943) A collection of words of scientists, sociologists and educators, arranged to present the problem of race relations in this modern world and the solutions as great thinkers envision them, followed by Bahá'í teachings on the same topics.
- Race and Racism: Perspectives from Bahá'í Theology and Critical Sociology, by Matthew W. Hughey. (2017) Review of the concepts of race and racism based on social scientific understanding, in order to better understand their definition and to delineate their relation to one another, and correlate them with the Bahá'í Writings.
- Race, Place, and Clusters: Current Vision and Possible Strategies, by June Manning Thomas. (2017) Division by place affects the possibilities for racial unity, especially in fragmented U.S. metropolitan areas. The "institute process” as a strategy could overcome challenges that place-based action poses for racial unity.
- Reconsidering the Civil Rights Era in the Footsteps of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, by June Manning Thomas. (2022-09) On principles of racial prejudice and 1960s South Carolina, including the fallacy of racial prejudice, the need to judge people by their moral character rather than their race, and the responsibilities of different races toward each other.
- Road Less Travelled By, The, by John S. Hatcher. (2017) "From the Editor's Desk": Overview of this issue's articles regarding racism and proper responses to it, both among the general population and within the Bahá'í community itself.
- Seeking Light in the Darkness of "Race", by Jamar M. Wheeler. (2017) A historical sketch of how race concepts evolved, with analysis at macro and micro levels of society. Oneness of mankind is an enlightening force that, through individual agency and collective social action, can transform society.
- Settling the Score With Mr. Ogden Nash for the Seven Spiritual Ages of Mrs. Marmaduke Moore and Thereby Achieving if Not a Better Verse at Least a Longer Title, by Roger White. (1979) A dialogue for two readers, adapted from a poem.
- Spatial Strategies for Racial Unity, by June Manning Thomas. (2020-09) On the nature and approaches of Bahá’í educational programs and community building efforts which seek, in the context of neighborhoods and villages, to raise capacity for service to humanity.
- Spiritual Reinforcement: Study Questions, Compilation, and Quiz, Author unknown, comp. (1957 (?)) Questions and quizzes for individual study and group discussion, on "what every Bahá'í should know" about the Covenant and the Bahá'í way of living.
- Still the Most Challenging Issue, by John S. Hatcher. (2019) "From the Editor's Desk": On race, racism, and the American Bahá'í community.
- Three Teaching Methods Used During North America's First Seven-Year Plan, by Roger M. Dahl. (1993) Teaching methods used by American Bahá’ís to spread the Faith; firesides and teaching campaigns evolved during the 1930s; pioneer settlements were not used systematically until the Seven-Year Plan; difficulties caused by the race question in the South.
- Vision of Race Unity: America's Most Challenging Issue, by National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States. (1991) A formal statement from the US NSA on "the most challenging issue confronting America."
- World Vision of a Savant, The, by Auguste Henri Forel. (1928) Ruminations on the nature of the human brain, causes of racism, how to stop wars, the meaning of "God," and Bahá'í principles.
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