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7 July 2019/ Racism in America

The hard face of Jim Crow

The hard face of Jim Crow
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Louis Venters

Louis Venters

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Abdu’l-Baha and Louis Gregory
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Abdu’l-Baha and Louis Gregory

Louis Gregory, an African-American lawyer, tried to slip out the back door as a gathering of white guests arrived to see Abdu’l-Baha.

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The sad story of Alonzo Twine
Baha'i Faith History

The sad story of Alonzo Twine

South Carolina’s hospital for the insane was the kind of place where, if you weren’t insane already, it would do you in.

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    Louis Venters
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