[…] Gospel was for “all nations, kindreds, tongues and peoples,” and no exceptions were made. A Negro, ” Black Pete,” was among the first converts in Ohio, and his story was prominently reported in the […]
[…] was for “all nations, kindreds, tongues and peoples,” 1. and no exceptions were made. A Negro, “ Black Pete,” was among the first converts in Ohio, and his story was prominently reported in the […]
[…] Gospel was for “all nations, kindreds, tongues and peoples,” and no exceptions were made. A Negro, “ Black Pete,” was among the first converts in Ohio, and his story was prominently reported in the […]
<i>Dialogue 23.1 (Spring 1990): 11–36</i><br>A history of Black LDS social groups and organizations. The Genesis Group gave African Americans a better chance to connect with fellow African Americans through frequent socials. The first group […]
[…] “adopted into the House of Israel” as full participants in Mormon liturgical rites. But this doctrinal shift did not resolve the vexing question of whether or not Black people derived from the “seed of Cain.”
[…] of us belongs simultaneously to both minority and majority groups. For example, I am in the non- black majority and throughout my life have been embarrassed to dis cover my own prejudices and insensitivities […]
[…] the Priesthood, he ended a policy that for 130 years denied the priesthood to those having any black African ancestry. Now, just three years later—in a day when Eldredge Cleaver is talking about joining […]
<i>Dialogue 51.3 (Fall 2018): 29–44</i><br>Smith considers “why would any self-aware Black person find Mormonism the least bit appealing given its ignoble history of racial exclusion and marginalization?”
[…] a problem in the American mind. On this subject the American mind as a whole—both white and black—is a shambles. McGeorge Bundy in THE STRENGTH OF GOVERNMENT As is true for most Americans, I […]
[…] (Fall 2021): 1–76</i><br> Given the inadequate tools to police racial boundaries, LDS Church leaders like Joseph Fielding Smith struggled to define precisely where Black and light-skinned Latter-day Saints fit into the Church’s conception of soteriology.