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The Mormon Church and blacks : a documentary history / edited by Matthew L. Harris and Newell G. Bringhurst. - 1 online resource (x, 217 pages)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

ISBN: 9780252097843 025209784X

Source: 839905 MIL 22573/ctt17tvrcc JSTOR

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Subjects--Corporate Names:
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
African American Mormons--History--Sources.
Race relations--Religious aspects--History--Sources.
Priesthood--Mormon Church--History--Sources.
RELIGION--Christianity--Denominations.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: BX8643.A35 / M66 2015

Dewey Class. No.: 289.3089/96