Champions of Oneness: Louis Gregory and His Shining Circle

Champions of Oneness: Louis Gregory and His Shining Circle, centers in the story of African American lawyer Louis Gregory and the example of his mentor 'Abdu'l-Baha (leader of the Baha'i Faith from 1892-1921). Author Janet Ruhe-Schoen presents the lives of diverse pioneers of race unity in the U.S. at a time when Jim Crow rules applied all over the country. Braving stubborn prejudice, riots, lynchings, threats from the Klu Klux Klan and a myriad other obstacles, the activists detailed in the book, men and women, black and white, from Iran as well as North America, championed the central principal of their Baha'i Faith: oneness.