Black, White, and Mormon: A Conference on the Evolving Status of Black Saints within the Mormon Fold
July 28, 2015Mark your calendars for October 8 & 9 for a special conference exploring “Black, White, and Mormon: A Conference on the Evolving Status of Black Saints within the Mormon Fold.” First, on October 8, Lester Bush will be giving the Sterling McMurrin Lecture on “Looking Back, Looking Forward: Mormonism’s Negro Doctrine 42 Years Later.” He will “reflect on the 42 years since his seminal article was published in Dialogue which undermined the standing historical narrative that the LDS Church’s priesthood ban began with Joseph Smith. Bush will consider the past forty years: what has changed, what has stayed the same, and what steps are yet necessary to bring about change.”