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18 June 2019/ Baha'i Community Building

Building new communities in the inner cities

Building new communities in the inner cities
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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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Baha'i Community Building

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Ending residential segregation is not gentrification
Segregation in America

Ending residential segregation is not gentrification

Baha’i institutions say we must live among people of different races – and to show them hospitality and love.

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    June and Richard Thomas
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Urban redevelopment and race
Racism in America

Urban redevelopment and race

My field, urban planning, has destroyed many African-American communities. I saw it as my charge to address that.

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    June and Richard Thomas
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