Introduction by Loni Bramson 1. The Bahá'í "Pupil of the Eye" Metaphor: Promoting Ideal Race Relations in Jim Crow America by Christopher Buck 2. "The Most Vital and Challenging Issue": The Bahá'í Faith's Efforts to Improve Race Relations, 1922 to 1936 by Loni Bramson 3. Alain Locke on Race, Religion, and the Bahá'í Faith by Christopher Buck 4. The Most Challenging Issue Revisited: African American Bahá'í Women and the Advancement of Race and Gender Equality, 1899-1943 by Gwendolyn Etter-Lewis 5. Hand in Hand: Race, Identity, and Community Development among South Carolina's Bahá'ís,1973-1979 by Louis Venters 6. Race Unity Efforts among American Bahá'ís: Institutionalized Tools and Empirical Evidence by Mike McMullen 7. Race, Place, and Clusters: Current Vision and Possible Strategies by June Manning Thomas Conclusion by Multiple Authors of the Chapters in This Book About the Contributors the Chapters in This Book About the Contributors the Chapters in This Book About the Contributors the Chapters in This Book About the Contributors.