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A black and white photograph of Robert Turner taken circa 1900
Photo of Robert Turner, taken circa 1900
Group that made the first Western Pilgrimage in 1898: Back row, L to R: Robert Turner (first African-American Bahá’í), Anne Apperson (niece of Phoebe Apperson Hearst), Julia Pearson (Mrs. Hearst’s assistant and tutor for Agnes Lane, Mrs. Hearst’s young cousin, not shown). Front row, L-R: Daughter of Ibrahim Khayru’llah; Mrs. Marion Khayru’llah; Ibrahim Khayru’llah (early teacher of the Baha’i Faith in the U.S.); Lua Getsinger (Banner of the Cause); second daughter of Ibrahim Khayru’llah from a previous marriage.

Robert Tuner, a Disciple of  `Abdu’l‑Bahá

The Disciples of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, also ‘Heralds of the Covenant’, were a group of nineteen western Bahá’ís designated as such by Shoghi Effendi.

The Bahá’í World Vol. IV pp. 118–119

  1. Dr. John Ebenezer Esslemont
  2. (James Brown) Thornton Chase
  3. Howard Macnutt
  4. Sarah Jane Farmer
  5. Hippolyte Dreyfus-Barney
  6. Lillian Frances Kappes
  7. Robert Turner
  8. Dr. Artur Eduard Heinrich Brauns
  9. William Henry “Harry” Randall
  10. Louisa Aurora “Lua” Getsinger
  11. Joseph H. Hannen
  12. Dr. Chester Ira Thacher
  13. Charles Herman Greenleaf
  14. Isabella D. Brittingham
  15. Ethel Rosenberg
  16. Helen Goodall
  17. Arthur Pillsbury Dodge
  18. William H. Hoar
  19. Dr. George Jacob Augur
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Robert Turner by Louis G Gregory
Robert Turner Passport Application 1895
Robert Turner, accompanying the Phoebe Hearst pilgrimage group during their visit to Egypt’s pyramids and the Sphinx in early 1899.

A letter about Robert Turner by Mirzá Ali-Kuli Khan.
Letter by Mirzá Ali-Kuli Khan
Robert Turner Obituary
Obituary
The American Bahá’í (March 1981)
Platted Records of the Robert Turner Burial Plot
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Created by burntsiennart, an artist from Nigeria
Remembering the First African American Bahá'í