John Birks “Dizzy” Gillespie became a Baha’i in 1968 and was at the forefront both the bebop jazz phenomenon and a jazz generation that included Thelonious Monk, Nat King Cole and Ella Fitzgerald.

Mitra Deliri testified at the United Nations that Tanzania, where she lives, is “a living example of religious pluralism.”

Just as the variety of flowers in a garden make it beautiful, so it is with humanity. Although we have many differences, essentially we are one human family.

The Bahá’í World Congress took place in New York City in November 1992 to celebrate a century of Baha’u’llah’s Teachings. Here is a personal account of the event.