Comments on: Robert Wilson, first African-American Baha’i? http://www.bahaiblog.net/2006/02/28/robert-wilson-first-african-american-bahai/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:56:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: mcgee http://www.bahaiblog.net/2006/02/28/robert-wilson-first-african-american-bahai/#comment-493 mcgee Wed, 01 Mar 2006 02:19:00 +0000 http://www.bahaiblog.net/2006/02/28/robert-wilson-first-african-american-bahai/#comment-493 I'm not sure what the source for that information is, but the first African-American Baha'i is generally acknowledged to be Robert <em>Turner</em>. The strange thing is that all the information in that article seems to be about Turner, only they're calling him "Wilson." Fortunately, I just finished editing a <a href="http://www.bahai.us/content/view/148/154/" rel="nofollow">book about the history of African-Americans in the Baha'i community</a>, so I've e-mailed the Richard Thomas to ask about it. . . . I’m not sure what the source for that information is, but the first African-American Baha’i is generally acknowledged to be Robert Turner. The strange thing is that all the information in that article seems to be about Turner, only they’re calling him “Wilson.”

Fortunately, I just finished editing a book about the history of African-Americans in the Baha’i community, so I’ve e-mailed the Richard Thomas to ask about it. . . .

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