The Mormon Church and Blacks : : a documentary history / / edited by Matthew L. Harris and Newell G. Bringhurst.

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Place / Publishing House:Urbana, [Illinois] : : University of Illinois Press,, 2015.
2015
Year of Publication:2015
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (233 pages)
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Table of Contents:
  • Mormon scriptural works : providing a canonical framework for race, slavery, and the status of Black people
  • Joseph Smith and evolving Mormon attitudes and practices on slavery and race, 1830-1844
  • Brigham Young, the beginning black priesthood denial, and legalization of slavery in Utah, 1844-1877
  • Justifying and perpetuating black priesthood denial, 1877-1949
  • Church growth, confronting civil rights, and official affirmations of black priesthood denial, 1945-1970
  • The 1978 revelation and its implications
  • Confronting the church's problematic racial past after 1978.