Race amity

The race amity movement is an ongoing social movement with the aim of establishing permanent friendship and fellowship between members of different races, especially the white and black populations of America. The movement dates back to the Jim Crow era, a time when laws were put in place in certain parts of America to enforce segregation of the races. The movement received a significant amount of support through the efforts of American Baha'is, who, led by the example of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, contributed to discourse on the issue of race relations by promoting the principle of the oneness of humanity articulated by Bahá'u'lláh.

References

• Buck, Christopher. (2012). The Baha’i ‘Race Amity’ Movement and the Black Intelligentsia in Jim Crow America: Alain Locke and Robert S. Abbott. Baha'i Studies Review. 17. 10.1386/bsr.17.3_1.