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- April 11, 1912·3 Jalal 69 BE
Heroic Age
'Abdu'l-Bahá Arrives in America
'Abdu'l-Bahá arrived in New York Harbor aboard the SS Cedric after crossing from Europe, and settled into the Hotel Ansonia, which served as his base for the first weeks of his eight-month tour of North America.
- April 23, 1912·15 Jalal 69 BE
Heroic Age
'Abdu'l-Bahá Addresses Howard University
He addressed over a thousand students, faculty, and guests at Howard University's Rankin Chapel in Washington, D.C., rejecting racial hierarchy and framing racial diversity as a source of beauty rather than division; Louis Gregory, who had helped arrange the visit, stood at his side.
- April 30, 1912·3 Jamal 69 BE
Heroic Age
'Abdu'l-Bahá Addresses the NAACP in Chicago
He addressed the NAACP's Fourth Annual Conference twice in one day, at Hull House and at Handel Hall, while nearby the Bahá'í Temple Unity convention elected Louis Gregory to its governing board after a white delegate stepped aside in his favor — a striking act for 1912.