239 Days in America

‘Abdu’l-Bahá returns to New York and shares his impressions of the American people so far. FULL STORY >>

‘Abdu’l-Bahá visits a settlement house founded by Alice Pike Barney, a woman who sparks both controversy and admiration. FULL STORY >>

Not everyone in America is delighted with ‘Abdu’l-Bahá. FULL STORY >>

An effusive portrait painter from Greenwich Village brings an artist’s eye to the people and places that surround ‘Abdu’l-Bahá. FULL STORY >>

At Pittsburgh’s wealthiest hotel, ‘Abdu’l-Bahá discusses the injustices that arise from extremes of wealth and poverty. FULL STORY >>

In Cleveland, ‘Abdu’l-Bahá confronts America’s fear of interracial marriage. FULL STORY >>

On the morning before his departure from Chicago, ‘Abdu’l-Bahá spends a quiet moment alone with the President.  FULL STORY >>

Equally at home with scientists, politicians, and people of religion, ‘Abdu’l-Bahá casts an image of a modern man of faith. FULL STORY >>

At the Plaza Hotel in Chicago, ‘Abdu’l-Bahá gives America a unique challenge. FULL STORY >>

Corinne True suffers the loss of five children, sending her on a quest to discover her life’s purpose.  FULL STORY >>

‘Abdu’l-Bahá lays the cornerstone for a unique religious institution to be erected north of Chicago. FULL STORY >>

While ‘Abdu’l-Bahá speaks to the NAACP in Chicago, his assault on the color line bears fruit at an election across the street. FULL STORY >>

After visiting New York and Washington, ‘Abdu’l-Bahá is set to arrive in Chicago. FULL STORY >>

An event at Chicago’s 1893 World’s Fair puts the city on the map for ‘Abdu’l-Bahá. FULL STORY >>

On his last day in Washington, ‘Abdu’l-Bahá heads to the White House to keep an appointment with President Taft. FULL STORY >>

In the nation's capital, ‘Abdu’l-Bahá calls for a reciprocal relationship between the United States and Persia, now Iran. FULL STORY >>

During a bitter Presidential election, ‘Abdu’l-Bahá is curiously silent on the political headlines that consume the nation. FULL STORY >>

‘Abdu’l-Bahá takes aim at Washington’s social conventions about race during a luncheon at the Persian Legation. FULL STORY >>

At Howard University in Washington, ‘Abdu’l-Bahá turns the tables on America’s entrenched language of race. FULL STORY >>

In 1910 ‘Abdu’l-Bahá asks Louis Gregory, an African American lawyer from Washington, DC, about the interracial conflict in America. FULL STORY >>

Agnes Parsons of Dupont Circle welcomes ‘Abdu’l-Bahá to the social world of the nation's capital. FULL STORY >>

Four-year-old Marzieh Khan welcomes ‘Abdu’l-Bahá with roses at Washington’s Union Station. FULL STORY >>

Kate Carew of the New York Tribune, a celebrity interviewer with an attitude, visits the Bowery Mission with ‘Abdu’l-Bahá. FULL STORY >>

In 1904, an American visitor to the prison city of ‘Akká published one of the first Western accounts of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá. FULL STORY >>

False news about the Titanic angers President Taft. ‘Abdu’l-Bahá emphasizes the power of modern mass media to distort the truth. FULL STORY >>