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

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Harris, Matthew L. (Editor), Bringhurst, Newell G. (Editor)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2015]
Subjects:	Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints African American Latter Day Saints > History > Sources. Race relations > Religious aspects > History > Sources. Priesthood > Latter Day Saint churches > History > Sources. RELIGION > Christianity > Denominations. African American Mormons Priesthood > Mormon Church Race relations > Religious aspects History Sources
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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.

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