239 Days in America

In a letter to The Hague in 1919, ‘Abdu’l-Bahá lays out a comprehensive peace program which remains ambitious in the twenty-first century’s global order. FULL STORY >>

At the Paris Peace Conference in 1919, the world’s leaders craft a legacy of hopes and disappointments that will last a century. FULL STORY >>

While ‘Abdu’l-Bahá cracks a joke to a women’s club at the Waldorf Astoria, we take a look at the week ahead. FULL STORY >>

In the years after 1912, the permanent threat of war becomes a way of life in America. FULL STORY >>

A seemingly unstoppable series of events leads to the outbreak of the Great War, and ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s life is again in danger. FULL STORY >>

Although the Progressive Era is a “lose-lose” proposition for African Americans, the years after 1912 show signs of a new life. FULL STORY >>

‘Abdu’l-Bahá finds out he will be staying in America longer than planned, and attends a farewell banquet organized in his honor. FULL STORY >>

On the issue of the social responsibilities of the wealthy, ‘Abdu’l-Bahá finds a kindred spirit in Andrew Carnegie, the world’s richest man. FULL STORY >>

‘Abdu’l-Bahá visits the J. P. Morgan Library, the financial titan’s throne in midtown, but business is business and Morgan’s plans go awry. FULL STORY >>

While the cool November weather sweeps around ‘Abdu’l-Bahá in New York, we take a look at the week ahead. FULL STORY >>

At Genealogical Hall in New York, ‘Abdu’l-Bahá argues that in modern times humankind has begun a new stage in its collective development. FULL STORY >>

In America, ‘Abdu’l-Bahá presented a vision of human nature with far-reaching implications for the way we treat others. FULL STORY >>

Even as women’s suffrage picked up steam during the 1910s, ‘Abdu’l-Bahá had already laid out a broad vision for a more feminine civilization. FULL STORY >>

New York’s underworld of organized crime is brought out in the open in a trial that convicts five men, including a police officer, of murder.  FULL STORY >>

As the next decade unfolds, the optimism of the Progressive Era is put to the test. FULL STORY >>

After almost four months away, ‘Abdu’l-Bahá re-crosses the Hudson River on a ferry in the black of night. FULL STORY >>

‘Abdu’l-Bahá stops in Baltimore on the way back to New York City, while we take a look at the week ahead. FULL STORY >>

Highlights from the seventh month of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s journey through North America. FULL STORY >>

‘Abdu’l-Bahá praises the achievements of Jesus and Muhammad in an address to the Washington Hebrew Congregation, but many are not pleased. FULL STORY >>

On his farewell visit to the nation’s capital, ‘Abdu’l-Bahá reprises his rhetorical battle against America’s ideologies of race. FULL STORY >>

‘Abdu’l-Bahá pays a final visit to Washington, DC, delivering an address on liberty at Rev. John van Schaick’s Universalist Church. FULL STORY >>

Governor Woodrow Wilson quietly awaits the results of the election, while a cheering crowd of 100,000 jams into New York’s Times Square. FULL STORY >>

‘Abdu’l-Bahá and President Taft both spend Election Day in Cincinnati, the President’s hometown. FULL STORY >>

'Abdu'l-Bahá takes the train to Cincinnati while we take a look at the week ahead. FULL STORY >>

‘Abdu’l-Bahá argued that if we see ourselves as nothing more than evolved animals, it will justify all manner of savagery and war. FULL STORY >>