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18 June 2019/ Racial Identity

Black is beautiful

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June and Richard Thomas

June and Richard Thomas

Read about June and Richard Thomas. Watch the full story in 14 chapters.

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— Race Unity in America: an Oral History —

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Abdu’l-Baha in America
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Abdu’l-Baha in America

The head of the Baha’i faith visited the United States in 1912 and described blacks and whites as sapphires and pearls.

  • June and Richard Thomas
    June and Richard Thomas
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Hollow options in the 1960s
Racial Identity

Hollow options in the 1960s

We had friends who were Black Panthers – there was a lot of fronting with bullets and guns.

  • June and Richard Thomas
    June and Richard Thomas
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