The Faith enjoyed a period of growth from the 1960s-1980s that was largely inspired by interracial teaching campaigns in the South. The Bahá'í movement in South Carolina was a significant, sustained response to racist ideologies. Link to thesis (offsite).
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Dissertation for PhD in the Department of History, University of South Carolina (Columbia, SC); later published by University Microfilms International (ISBN 9781243741752, 2011).