by Dr. LaShawn Williams | Feb 11, 2018 | Activism, Black Mormon History Month, Featured, racism, Racism, Racism 101, Racism 101 podcast |
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSSWhy do we focus on Rosa Parks as a symbol and not as the story? Why is it so hard to prove discrimination, yet easy to show when people don’t fall in line with the social-political structures?...
by Dr. LaShawn Williams | Dec 16, 2015 | Apostasy, Black Mormon History Month, decisions, Disagreement, Excommunication, faith crisis, Family, Featured, General Conference, History, Honesty, Humanity, Individuality, infallibility, Jesus Christ, LDS Missions, Racism, spirituality, Truth, Uncategorized, unity, Why I Am Mormon |
In October, I was on a panel about Black Women and Race in the LDS Church as part of the “Black White and Mormon” Conference held in Salt Lake City, Utah the week after General Conference. After the panel, an audience member approached me because he knew my writing...
by Rodric Johnson | Aug 23, 2015 | Black Mormon History Month, decisions, Faith Crisis, Featured, Racism |
Picture this: Another February rolls around and all throughout literary Mormondom I get to read that “this was racist” or “that was racist” or “why doesn’t the church do this” or “blah… blah blah blah… blah...
by Dr. LaShawn Williams | Apr 15, 2015 | Black Mormon History Month, Featured, Humanity, Jesus Christ, LDS Missions, New Testament, Racism, Reviews, Truth |
“Is Faith Supposed to be this Exhausting?” Bro Abubakar asks. It’s one of many favorite quotes I took away from the movie Freetown. I remember when I first saw a promotional video for Freetown. I was leaving the movie “Selma” in January. I had...
by Jeremy Timothy | Feb 20, 2014 | Black Mormon History Month, Doctrine and Covenants, Featured, Feminism, Forgiveness, Mormonism, Racism, Repentance |
“ We have learned by sad experience that it is the nature and disposition of almost all men, as soon as they get a little authority, as they suppose, they will immediately begin to exercise unrighteous dominion.” Doctrine & Covenants 121:39 Few things in life...
by Mark Staker | Feb 16, 2014 | Black Mormon History Month, Featured |
Black Pete and Early Mormonism by Mark Staker When Joseph Smith sent four missionaries to Missouri with copies of the newly printed Book of Mormon in October 1830, those missionaries went through Kirtland, Ohio. In Kirtland they found an African-American member of...
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