Skip to content
Race Unity in America: an Oral History
  • Home
  • Explore
    • Voices
    • Themes
    • Full archive
  • About the Baha'is
  • About Us
20 June 2019/ Baha'i Community Building

Maywood, near Chicago

Maywood, near Chicago
Your browser can't play this video.You can download it instead.
← Home and school – two different worldsChapter 6 of 8 · Larry and Lurenza McGheeWhere are African-Americans going? →
Larry and Lurenza McGhee

Larry and Lurenza McGhee

Read about Larry and Lurenza McGhee. Watch the full story in 8 chapters.

Read More
— Race Unity in America: an Oral History —

Baha'i Community Building

  • Meeting Baha’is in action
  • Bridging communities of color through service
  • The intersection of race, class and young people
See all 55 chapters →
Where are African-Americans going?
Racial Identity

Where are African-Americans going?

The Baha’i writings compare us to the “pupil of the eye” – I find it amazing to share that with young people who are in despair.

  • Larry and Lurenza McGhee
    Larry and Lurenza McGhee
1 min read
Home and school – two different worlds
Racial Identity

Home and school – two different worlds

I lived in an African-American community and went to a white school – you lose your sense of identity.

  • Larry and Lurenza McGhee
    Larry and Lurenza McGhee
1 min read
Race Unity in America: an Oral History
—
Maywood, near Chicago
Share this
Race Unity in America: an Oral History © 2026
The Baha'i community & the struggle for race unity in the US from 1912 to now
Hosted in perpetuity, courtesy of Elberta Labs.