Beset by heartache and failure, the young Thornton Chase sets out for America’s western frontier.

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

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

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.

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

Our producer interviews filmmaker Anne Perry about “Luminous Journey,” a documentary film about ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s journey through America.

Juliet Thompson, a painter living in Greenwich Village, begins a portrait she feels she was destined to produce.

Through years of continuous banishment, ‘Abdu’l-Bahá perfected his ability to seize fleeting moments of sleep.