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18 June 2019/ Baha'i Community

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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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Three years of harassment and ostracism
Civil Rights Movement

Three years of harassment and ostracism

I was part of the vanguard of black students who integrated my high school – I rode in a police car to go to class.

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    June and Richard Thomas
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Like a thief in the night
Baha'i Faith

Like a thief in the night

I was a fundamentalist black Baptist who believed in the return of Christ – but the Baha’i teachings blew my mind.

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    June and Richard Thomas
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