Marriage Beyond Black and White Some marriages become symbols of hope for a promising future. "My parents broke one of the strongest taboos in our society and thereby became outcasts in their native land. This is their story." -David Douglas

A powerful story about the marriage of a Black man and a White woman, Marriage beyond Black and White offers a poignant and sometimes painful look at what it was like to be an interracial couple in the United States from the early 1940s to the mid-1990s.

Waiting for the Sunrise The powerful, true story of an interracial couple's determination to save their family from the genocide of the 1994 civil war in Rwanda and of their unshakable love, faith, and hope despite racial discrimination.

Healing Racism, Education's Role Written by 16 Baha'i experts in race relations & eyewitnesses to the ravages of racial prejudice. Defines this national disease & tells how to diminish racism's effects through classroom education emphasizing the oneness of humanity and the cousinship of all human beings. Inspirational guidebook for teachers & parents from early grades through college.

Longing: Stories of Racial Healing A white couple's personal account of a ten-year journey that forced them to reconsider their comfortable notions about race as they forged new relationships with people of African descent. Their stories describe a longing to heal from the racial separation that has so deeply wounded this country.

American Indians and the Baha'i Faith - Personal Stories

A compilation of stories by American Indians who are members of the Bahá’í Faith, written in their own words. Being free to write and share in their own words and formats, seven American Indian Bahá’ís tell the story of their backgrounds, how they became Bahá’ís, their life adventures, and how this Faith works for them. These stories are meant to show the unique personal stories of Bahá’ís coming from American Indian backgrounds, including the many challenges and joys they’ve faced when accepting and integrating a new religion into their traditional cultural and spiritual beliefs and practices.

Power of Unity (New Edition) A compilation from the Bahá’í Writings on the unity and the equality of all people. These writings emphasize the vital need to address the issues of race within the country and paint a picture of a hopeful and glorious destiny to which the American people can rise. With a foreword by Dr. Robert C. Henderson.

Champions of Oneness: Louis Gregory and his Shining Circle Average Rating: 

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Taking as its focus the years 1898–1921, Champions of Oneness portrays the lives of a handful of brilliant pioneers of race amity in the United States who gave everything they could to promote the principle of the oneness of humanity. The thread common among each of their lives was the Bahá’í Faith.

Hazel Scott: A Woman, a Piano and a Commitment to Justice Average Rating: 

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Hazel Scott was a champion for civil and women’s rights. Born in Trinidad in 1920, she moved with her family to the United States in 1924. She was a musical wonder— studying and performing on the piano from the time she was a child. She became an accomplished singer as well, and appeared in Broadway musicals, films, and recorded her own albums. She made headlines by standing up for the rights of women and African Americans, and she refused to play for segregated audiences. She learned about the Bahá’í Faith from Dizzy Gillespie and became a Bahá’í.

We invite you to learn more about this “Change Maker” and the enduring impact she had on race relations through her performing arts.

Toward Oneness and Freedom from Racial Prejudice A timely compilation that follows a series of questions related to racial prejudice that draw on a number of sources for guidance, including selections from the Writings of Bahá'u’lláh, Abdu’l-Bahá, and Shoghi Effendi, passages taken from authoritative guidance by and on behalf of the Universal House of Justice. Also included are excerpts from letters of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States, in which general principals are applied to the specific circumstances in this country. An excellent resource for individuals and communities working to deepen their understanding on this very important topic.

Forging a Path to Racial Justice (PDF) Average Rating: 

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Forging a Path to Racial Justice – A Statement from the National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha’is of the United States, June 19, 2020

A Way Out of No Way

This book is the story of Harlem Prep: Transforming Dropouts into Scholars.

From its founding in 1967, the Harlem Preparatory School attracted the attention of educators in New York City and elsewhere for its innovative educational philosophy and process. Harlem Prep was guided by progressive education principles that promoted individual responsibility and dignity, and community engagement. This book recounts the story of Harlem Prep as an independent charter school as told by its former assistant headmaster.

In the Cathedral of the Plains

In the Cathedral of the Plains is a collection of stories of individuals—Indigenous and non-Indigenous—who met and became dear friends. The reader is not only taken on a journey through Blackfoot Country in southern Alberta and along the eastern slopes on the Rockies, but into the heart of the new territory of “Reconciliation,” working toward building a better world, and a recognition of the Sacred all around us.