Hussein Ahdieh
Hussein Ahdieh was born and raised in Iran.
Karen Streets Anderson
Karen Streets Anderson was born in 1960, on a US Army base in Dugway, UT, though her family moved to the Midwest when she was still a child.
Ken Bowers
Ken Bowers currently serves as a member of the national governing body of the Baha'is of the United States.
Robin Chandler
Robin Chandler was born in Boston, MA, in the mid-20th century, and became a Baha’i at university.
Sue St Clair
Sue St. Clair, born in 1947 in South Bend, Indiana, was raised under difficult conditions before moving to Chicago and becoming a Baha'i as an adult.
Eric Dozier
Eric Dozier was born in Bakewell, TN, during the final stages of the Civil Rights Movement in 1969, and grew up as the son of two pastors and the…
Van Gilmer
Van Gilmer grew up in Greensboro, NC, at the height of Segregation.
Farzaneh & Jack Guillebeaux
Arbury Jack Guillebeaux, born in North Carolina in 1936, and Farzaneh Rabani, born in Iran in 1942, were married in 1965.
Faith Holmes
Faith Holmes was born in La Joya, California, in 1972, and grew up in Encinitas and Jupiter, Florida.
Bob James
Bob James, a licensed psychologist with a PhD from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, was born in 1949 in Nashville, TN.
Wilma Ellis Kazemzadeh
Wilma Ellis Kazemzadeh was born in Altamont, IL, in 1929, into the only black family to ever live in Altamont up to that time.
Tavoria Kellam
Tavoria Kellam, originally from Baltimore, Maryland, became a Baha'i in the Washington DC area.
Carol Mansour
Carol Mansour was born in 1957 in Indianapolis, IN, in a religious Christian household and had little interaction with white Americans throughout her…
Maya Mansour
Maya Mansour was born to African-American and Iranian-Palestinian parents, and grew up in the Baha'i community.
Jan Mauras
Jan Mauras was born in Tulsa, OK, in 1943 and grew up in a community with few people of color.
Larry and Lurenza McGhee
Larry McGhee was born in 1952 in Chicago, Illinois, became a Baha'i as a young man and worked in several fields including academic counselling.
Masud Olufani
Masud Olufani was born Michael Bowles in 1969 in Los Angeles, California, and raised mainly in New York City.
Michael Penn
Michael Penn became a Baha'i as a student at the University of Pennsylvania.
Makeena Rivers
Makeena Rivers was born in St. Paul, MN, and today lives in New York City.
Billy Roberts
Billy Roberts was born in 1951 in Boston, Massachusetts in the tight-knit Roxbury neighborhood before moving to Los Angeles after the death of his…
Antonio Smith
Antonio Smith, 27, grew up in Memphis, Tennessee, lived in 15 homes and attended 10 schools, met his biological father at the age of 17, was twice…
Barbara Talley
Barbara Talley became a Baha'i as a young woman.
June and Richard Thomas
Richard Thomas, born in 1939 in Detroit, Michigan, became a Baha'i after serving in the Navy; he is Professor Emeritus of history at Michigan State…
Bill Tucker
Bill Tucker, an optometrist, was born in Greenville, North Carolina, and became a Baha'i as a young man after watching newsreels from the Second…
Anthony Vance
Anthony Vance is a lawyer and currently serves as Director of Public Affairs for the Baha’is of the United States.
Louis Venters
A historian and historic preservationist, with a particular interest in race, religion, and social change in the United States, Louis Venters was…
Nancy Wong
Nancy Wong was born in 1969 in Minnesota and became a Baha'i through a childhood friend.
Kim Wu
Kim Wu was born in 1988 in Queens, New York City, where she grew up.