Gladys Knight Concert

Gladys Knight Concert The Southern California Public Affairs Council is sponsoring a special concert featuring Gladys Knight and her 100-voice multi-cultural choir, Saints Unified Voices. Sister Knight’s new album, “One Voice” features unique arrangements of LDS favorites performed by the choir and featuring Gladys Knight. Tickets are limited.

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Genesis Presidency Makes Unprecedented Visit To Los Angeles

President Don Harwell On March 14, 2004, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Southern California Public Affairs Council will have the pleasure of hosting the Presidency of the Genesis Group. The Genesis Group is an official organization of the Church which was established in 1971 to meet the unique needs of its African-American

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BYU About to Sign Largest Recruiting Class of Black Athletes Ever

An End to Negative ‘Race Card’ Recruiting for BYU? Posted: Feb 3, 2004 in Total Blue Sports Magazine. By late tomorrow afternoon, a significant, positive and historical breakthrough will become self evident: BYU football – with as many as 15 black athletes signed – will have finally shattered the color barrier in recruiting. The black

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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Represent in South Central Los Angeles

Church history was surely made in Southern California this past week, when members of the LDS church were seen marching down Crenshaw Blvd “The Shaw”, for the annual Kingdom Day Parade, celebrating the birth of Martin Luther King, Jr. Approximately 30 members, mostly of African American descent, dressed uniformly in burgundy sweaters and black pants

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Two speakers will be concentrating on black issues at the upcoming FAIR conference

Two speakers will be concentrating on black issues at the upcoming FAIR conference on August 5th and 6th in Sandy, Utah. Alex Boye will be speaking on Thursday August 5th on being a non-US black LDS member and give us an international perspective and Margaret Young will be speaking on the black LDS pioneers on

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Freedman's Bank Project Enriches Lives

See http://www.savannahnow.com/stories/102403/LOC_beachspeaker.shtml Church member Darius Gray calls himself a genealogical researcher, a musty-sounding job title that hardly reflects the joy and pride he takes in the "Freedman’s Bank Project," a Church-produced CD-ROM database that has enriched many lives. Described by Gray as "an absolute gold mine for African Americans," the database contains information on approximately

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