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Day 77
“Do Not Bring Him in Here”
In the summer of 1852, in Tehran’s darkest prison, an eight-year-old ‘Abdu’l-Bahá sees his father, Bahá’u’lláh, in chains.
Day 176
‘Abdu’l-Bahá Reaches the City by the Bay
In the dead of night, a friend awaits ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s arrival at the ferry terminal in San Francisco.
Day 187
October 14, 1912: The Week Ahead
While ‘Abdu’l-Bahá spends the weekend at Phoebe Hearst’s estate in Pleasanton, California, we take a look at the week ahead.
Day 62
Along the Color Line
In the June issue of The Crisis, W. E. B. Du Bois prints his account of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá at the Fourth Annual Conference of the NAACP.
Day 14
Breaking the Color Line
‘Abdu’l-Bahá takes aim at Washington’s social conventions about race during a luncheon at the Persian Legation.
Day 64
I Was Tired So I Slept
Through years of continuous banishment, ‘Abdu’l-Bahá perfected his ability to seize fleeting moments of sleep.
Day 63
The Handsomest Young Man in Baghdad
In prison and exile, a young ‘Abdu’l-Bahá became adept at managing crisis.
Day 196
“The Great Educator of Man Is Woman”
At the Century Club of California, ‘Abdu’l-Bahá debunks common arguments about the inferiority of women.
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