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For the Cause of Righteousness: A Global History of Blacks and Mormonism 1830-2013

For the Cause of Righteousness: A Global History of Blacks and Mormonism 1830-2013

by Miguel Barker-Valdez | Aug 30, 2015 | Book Reviews, Church History, Featured, Modesty, Priesthood, Racism, Revelation | 0 comments

by Mike Barker Ah, yes. Race. We’ve all heard the aphorism, “Two things you never want to discuss are religion and politics.”  For many whites, we want to add a third thing, “Don’t talk about issues of race.”  But to be honest, we...
Why the Priesthood and Temple Ban Was Wrong

Why the Priesthood and Temple Ban Was Wrong

by Pablo | Feb 6, 2014 | Featured, Racism | 19 comments

While reading the title of this post, people will say, “Well duh, of course it was wrong—you don’t need to write a post about it!” It might be obvious to some, and even more obvious after the Church published a web page disavowing all racism....
A Call to Action and A Call to Repentance

A Call to Action and A Call to Repentance

by Fatimah Salleh | Jul 17, 2013 | Charity, Featured, Priesthood, Revelation | 23 comments

I wept tears of pain when the verdict was announced in the Treyvon Martin case. I quickly woke up my husband and before he could join me in my outrage, I ran to check on my three brown sons and daughter. I just wanted to make sure they were safe if only for this...
Blacks and the Priesthood Revisited

Blacks and the Priesthood Revisited

by Pablo | Feb 24, 2013 | Featured, Gospel Topics, Mormonism, Pearl of Great Price, Priesthood, Revelation | 31 comments

I feel that this topic has by far been the most important one I have addressed in my writings to date. So in the spirit of black history month, I want to revisit it. I believe it is critical that we really know our history so we don’t repeat our mistakes....

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