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Louis George Gregory (born June 6, 1874, in Charleston, South Carolina; died July 30, 1951, in Eliot, Maine) was a prominent American member of the Baháʼí Faith who was devoted to its expansion in the United States and elsewhere. He traveled especially in the South to spread the word about it. In 1922 he was the first African American elected to the nine-member National Spiritual Assembly of the United States and Canada. He was repeatedly re-elected to that position, leading a generation and more of followers. He also worked to prosyletize the faith to Central and South America.

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  • Louis George Gregory (born June 6, 1874, in Charleston, South Carolina; died July 30, 1951, in Eliot, Maine) was a prominent American member of the Baháʼí Faith who was devoted to its expansion in the United States and elsewhere. He traveled especially in the South to spread the word about it. In 1922 he was the first African American elected to the nine-member National Spiritual Assembly of the United States and Canada. He was repeatedly re-elected to that position, leading a generation and more of followers. He also worked to prosyletize the faith to Central and South America. Gregory was posthumously appointed by Shoghi Effendi in 1951 as a Hand of the Cause, the highest appointed rank in the Baháʼí Faith. (en)
  • Louis George Gregory (Charleston, 6 giugno 1874 – Eliot, 30 luglio 1951) è stato un avvocato statunitense, eminente membro e insegnante della Fede bahai, la religione fondata da Bahá'u'lláh, nominato postumo, nel 1951, Mano della Causa da Shoghi Effendi. Gregory studiò legge alla Howard University di Washington D.C., presso cui si diplomò nel marzo 1902. Dopo una breve esperienza professionale come avvocato, iniziò nel 1906 a lavorare per il Dipartimento del Tesoro degli Stati Uniti, attività che tuttavia abbandonò nel 1909 per tornare alla professione di avvocato. (it)
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  • Louis George Gregory (Charleston, 6 giugno 1874 – Eliot, 30 luglio 1951) è stato un avvocato statunitense, eminente membro e insegnante della Fede bahai, la religione fondata da Bahá'u'lláh, nominato postumo, nel 1951, Mano della Causa da Shoghi Effendi. Gregory studiò legge alla Howard University di Washington D.C., presso cui si diplomò nel marzo 1902. Dopo una breve esperienza professionale come avvocato, iniziò nel 1906 a lavorare per il Dipartimento del Tesoro degli Stati Uniti, attività che tuttavia abbandonò nel 1909 per tornare alla professione di avvocato. (it)
  • Louis George Gregory (born June 6, 1874, in Charleston, South Carolina; died July 30, 1951, in Eliot, Maine) was a prominent American member of the Baháʼí Faith who was devoted to its expansion in the United States and elsewhere. He traveled especially in the South to spread the word about it. In 1922 he was the first African American elected to the nine-member National Spiritual Assembly of the United States and Canada. He was repeatedly re-elected to that position, leading a generation and more of followers. He also worked to prosyletize the faith to Central and South America. (en)
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