Long before most Americans recognized either the injustice or the danger of their country's 'race problem', the Baha'i teachings sounded a trumpet- call for action to bridge black- white differences. 'Abdul- Baha plainly stated in 1912 that without a prompt change of heart, America would lose credibility and moral authority throughout the globe, eventually finding its own streets red with blood. Most white Americans of the era would have found such warnings extravagant, if not incomprehensible. Yet they have since been justified by decades of racial strife, bloodshed and polarization (191:5)

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