The Genesis Group: Support for Black Latter-day Saints. By Margaret Blair Young … As Gray puts it, “Back then, having three black Mormons together was like having a quorum. There weren’t many of us.” In fact, in… http://ldsmag.com/article/1/11298
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Deseret News – July 23, 2012 When Brigham Young first entered the Salt Lake Valley on July 24, 1847, he did so in the back of a fine, white carriage donated to the Mormon pioneer leader by a faithful follower, James Madison Flake. Young was ill and couldn’t drive the rig himself, so Green Flake
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Go to this link to see videos of the BYU Young Ambassadors’ trip to South Africa. http://youngambassadors.byu.edu/wordpress/?page_id=183
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Here is a statement from a May 2012 NY Times article: “While the church does not track members by race, there are thriving Mormon churches with hundreds of black members today in many urban areas, including Washington, Chicago and New York, although African-Americans represent only a tiny fraction of the six million Mormons in the United States.”
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DVD Release for Nobody Knows: A Documentary About African American History in the Mormon Church PROVO, Utah, May 1st, 2012 — Nobody Knows LLC proudly presents Nobody Knows: The Untold Story of Black Mormons. This documentary tells the story of African Americans in the LDS Church, beginning from the earliest days of the Mormon faith. The
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Jabari Parker has been compared to Grant Hill, but with better shooting ability As a devout Mormon, Parker strives to balance both athletics, Christian faith Parker has already paid unofficial visits to Michigan State, Kentucky and Duke See May 2012 Sports Illustrated cover story http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/writers/seth_davis/07/18/Jabari.Parker.Peach.Jam/index.html See this video: http://www.time.com/time/video/player/0,32068,1623555317001_2114071,00.html http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/09/us/the-prayerful-young-man-can-also-nail-a-jumper.html?_r=1 http://www.therhouse.com/jabari-parker-came-to-visit-my-kids/ http://newsone.com/2003426/jabari-parker/
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See http://www.fairblog.org/2012/03/09/fair-conversations-episode-16-max-mueller-on-blacks-and-the-priesthood/ toilettree-cordless-water-flosser-colors This is best cordless flosser available right now. If you are looking for a device that you can take with you when you travel, this is it. This model is cordless, small enough to fit in any normal carryon bag, light, and very easy to handle. Speaking of travelling, this second generation
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See: http://weblogs.sun-sentinel.com/news/politics/broward/blog/2012/03/broward_pastor_blasts_mitt_rom.html This article includes the following: Fred Bethel, who is African-American, is a Mormon bishop in Fort Lauderdale. Here’s what he said via email: “I can appreciate Rev. Dozier’s active participation in the 2012 presidential campaign and support for his candidate. But the delegate lead Romney currently has, demonstrates that most Americans do not
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If perseverance in the face of persecution is a mark of divine chosenness and a key to Mormon identity, then black Latter-day Saints are “doubly Mormon,” argues Max Mueller, a Harvard-trained non-Mormon scholar.What’s the best water flosser cordless ? We run through everything you need to know if you’re thinking of buying one and explain
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Because of a recent statement by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints strongly denouncing all forms of racism within and without the Church both past and present, many are curious about the history of the Church’s restrictions on priesthood, a policy that ended thirty four years ago. An article in BYU Studies on this
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