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18 June 2019/ Baha'i Faith

Like a thief in the night

Like a thief in the night
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June and Richard Thomas

June and Richard Thomas

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Leaving home
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Leaving home

If you’ve been in a black church you know how dynamic it is – leaving it for an inter-racial community was traumatic.

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    June and Richard Thomas
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A domestic, a laundryman & a professor
Segregation in America

A domestic, a laundryman & a professor

My parents sent me to an integrated school but I was too mischievous – so I returned to an all-black community.

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    June and Richard Thomas
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