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Black and Mormon / edited by Newell G. Bringhurst and Darron T. Smith.

Urbana : University of Illinois Press, ©2004.

173 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

"The year 2003 marked the twenty-fifth anniversary of the lifting of the ban excluding black members from the priesthood of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The articles collected in Newell G. Bringhurst and Darron T. Smith's Black and Mormon look at the mechanisms used to keep blacks from full participation in the church, the motives behind the ban, and the kind of changes that have - and have not - taken place within the church since the revelation responsible for its end." "Investigating how the LDS Church has fared in encouraging blacks to join its ranks, this collection of essays offers unique insights into one of the most sensitive issues facing the Mormon faith today. As the first volume to deal head-on with the conflicting attitudes that still exist within the church, Black and Mormon is required reading for anyone concerned with the history of racism, discrimination, and the Latter-day Saints."--BOOK JACKET.

African American Latter Day Saints

Bringhurst, Newell G.

Smith, Darron T., 1965-

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction / Newell G. Bringhurst and Darron T. Smith -- The "Missouri thesis" revisited : early Mormonism, slavery, and the status of black people / Newell G. Bringhurst -- The traditions of their fathers : myth versus reality in LDS scriptural writings / Alma Allred -- Two perspectives : the religious hopes of "worthy" African American Latter-day Saints before the 1978 revelation / Ronald G. Coleman and Darius A. Gray -- Spanning the priesthood revelation (1978) : two multigenerational case studies / Jessie L. Embry -- Casting off the "curse of Cain" : the extent and limits of progress since 1978 / Armand L. Mauss -- African American Latter-day Saints : a sociological perspective / Cardell K. Jacobson -- "How do things look on the ground?" : the LDS African American community in Atlanta, Georgia / Ken Driggs -- Unpacking whiteness in Zion : some personal reflections and general observations / Darron T. Smith.

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