To Move the World is more than a biography. It brings into sharp focus a number of strands: the life of Louis Gregory, the social and racial forces at work in the United States during his lifetime (1874-1951), and the dynamics of the Baha'i Faith that were shaping, often against the wishes of individual members, a community unequivocally committed to the oneness of mankind and the elimination of racial prejudice.

As a writer, lecturer, and administrator, Louis G. Gregory stood in the forefront of every struggle the American Baha'is made to establish racial amity. Today, some thirty years after his death, "noble-minded, golden-hearted" Louis Gregory still stands as a beacon and a tower of strength who bequeathed a legacy showing how it is possible to eliminate racial prejudice from our lives and, in so doing, to move the world.

Gayle Morrison is an historian and educator by training and an editor and writer by inclination. Her publications include A Guide to Books on Southeast Asian History: 1961-1966 and a number of articles on a variety of topics. She has lived in Vietnam, Brazil, and Hawaii and traveled widely in the Pacific region as a member of the Continental Board of Counselors for the Baha'i Faith in Australasia. She now makes her home in New Zealand.