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Baha'i schoolchildren in Iran increasingly harassed and abused by school authorities

NEW YORK April 5, 2007 Baha’i students in primary and secondary schools throughout Iran are increasingly being harassed, vilified, and held up to abuse, according to recent reports from inside the country.

For Tuskegee Airman, the Baha’i Faith healed the wounds of racism

Myron Wilson joined the Air Force to fight the Good War. He joined the Baha’i Faith to fight, and heal from, the racism he experienced as a member of the Tuskegee Airmen, the first group of African-American fighter pilots in the United States and the only group of African-American fighter pilots in World War II. [...]

Honored Tuskegee Airmen include two Baha’is

Dr. Dempsey Morgan, 87, a Baha’i in Bristol, Va., was among the 300 Tuskegee Airmen who were present Thursday, March, 29, 2007 to receive a replica of the Congressional Gold Medal of Honor from President George Bush at the Capitol Rotunda. (See related article from USA TODAY). Myron Wilson, who grew up in Danville, Ill., [...]