A Century of Thoughts

Earlier, I wrote about the unspoken thoughts of Abdu'l-Baha. Why did Abdu'l-Baha hesitate to express all of his thoughts? Sometimes the people of the United States were not ready to hear or read his thoughts.

In 1912,Abdu'l-Baha wrote this about his idea that there should be a union of the black and white people in America: "If this matter remaineth without change, enmity will be increased day by day,and the final result will be hardship and may end in bloodshed."

The America of 1912 was a white America. Abdu'l-Baha knew that most American Baha'is would find it hard to grasp the full meaning of the above statement. Perhaps he also knew that time would soon point-out the wisdom of his thoughts.

During the year of 1919  at least 25 race riots took place in different American cities. Such violence, coming on the heels of Ku Klux Klan activities and economic dislocations reinforced the need for a union between people of all races.

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