The African American Family History Conference in St. Louis, MO, drew nearly 400 participants. The Church website has a report: Conference Helps African Americans Connect to Ancestors
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See the link below about a speech by Dr. Armand Mauss and film presentation by Margaret Young and Darius Gray dealing with the 1978 revelation on the priesthood and Black Mormons. http://www.uwyo.edu/news/showrelease.asp?id=25103
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Discover Your Roots – Back By Popular Demand African American Family History Conference – Sept 6, 2008 ST. LOUIS, MO…Back for the Second Year, Discover Your Roots Missouri, African American Family History Conference, provides an unprecedented gathering of resources to help you find your ancestors. The all-day conference features noted speakers and classes and keynote
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The Provo Daily Herald reviews “Blacks in the Scriptures,” a DVD produced by Darius Gray and Marvin Perkins to educate Mormons and non-Mormons alike on some of the difficult questions related to race, the priesthood, and Church history: Perkins, 44, thinks the DVD has value for people who are not LDS but have questions about
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Baptisms Result From Understanding Scriptures on Black Issues 7/21/2008 – Missionaries in some parts of the world are carrying the Blacks in the Scriptures DVD set with them. They’re reporting that they get these questions daily. With the DVDs are able to present the scriptures in a consistent manner. Two more reported this morning from
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Alex Boye, a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, once sang in a boy band in Europe. Now he sings in the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. He recently visited St. Louis to give a free workshop and concert. Read more in the St. Louis American: Alex Boye may not be a household
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A new poll done by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life shows that three percent of American Latter-day Saints (Mormons) are Black. The poll showed higher percentages for Jehovah Witnesses, Evangelicals, and Orthodox Christians and lower percentages for Catholics and Mainline Protestants. You can look at the entire survey here: Pew Forum Research Poll
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This Sunday, March 23, 2008 from 5-6 pm MST. Marvin will be on the air with Van Hale for one hour discussing the new Blacks in the Scriptures DVD series that he and Darius Gray produced. Here are details on how to listen and or call in to the show: Radio Station: KTKK 630 AM, Salt
Church member Marvin Perkins is among the African-Americans featured in CNN’s “Black in America.” In this two-minute video, he explains why The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is “one of the best kept secrets” in American and the world. “It’s funny because they automatically assume that I’m not Mormon because I’m black. There
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SEATTLE 14 March 2008 When Lynn Stowell, a volunteer guide at Saturday’s opening of the new Northwest African American Museum, helped a man find information about his grandfather, the man wept. Such was the very personal response among some of the guests… …The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints donated computers, a digital imaging
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