Mormon’s Extend Priesthood to Negroes

In this article, Wesley Walters discusses the decision by the General Authorities of the Mormon church on June 9, 1978 to extend the office of priesthood within the Mormon church to include Negroes – a departure from the beliefs of one of their founders, Brigham Young.

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JBC Volume 3:1 (1979) PDF$5.00

Allen D. Curry, Bob D. Smith, Darryl McNabb, Don Scott, Dwight Zeller, Ed Hindson, H. Michael Marquardt, Harold Barrington, Howard A. Eyrich, Howard E. Dial, James Braden, Jay Adams, Milton Fisher, Walter P. Black, Wayne A. Mack, Wesley Walters

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