Bill Tucker, an optometrist, was born in Greenville, North Carolina, and became a Baha'i as a young man after watching newsreels from the Second World War. He and his late wife Bunny became pillars of their local Baha'i community and actively promoted race unity – occasionally at some personal risk.
1.Praying for world peace – or to die
I was just wiped out by what I saw of what the Nazis had done to the Jewish people.
2.Losing a friend because of race
Segregation was evident across the South but it was a taboo subject.
3.Buses, trains and unconscious biases
I sat by the African-American all the rest of the way to Washington D.C. because I didn't want to be put off the bus.
4.Death threats and cross-burnings
African-American visitors would have to go through this gauntlet of angry white people all the way to our house.
5.Staring racism in the face
This tall, raw-boned mountaineer came in, sat on my couch, and just looked at me with his hand in his pocket.
6.Please don’t leave a tip
We walked through the all-white restaurant as an integrated group. Silence fell, and I thought, what have I done?