The Mormon Church and Blacks :  a documentary history / 
edited by Matthew L. Harris and Newell G. Bringhurst. 
 - 1 online resource (233 pages) 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Mormon scriptural works : providing a canonical framework for race, slavery, and the status of Black people -- Joseph Smith and evolving Mormon attitudes and practices on slavery and race, 1830-1844 -- Brigham Young, the beginning black priesthood denial, and legalization of slavery in Utah, 1844-1877 -- Justifying and perpetuating black priesthood denial, 1877-1949 -- Church growth, confronting civil rights, and official affirmations of black priesthood denial, 1945-1970 -- The 1978 revelation and its implications -- Confronting the church's problematic racial past after 1978. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780252097843 (e-book) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>African American Mormons--History--Sources.<br/>Race relations--Religious aspects--Mormon Church--History--Sources.<br/>Race relations--Religious aspects--Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints--History--Sources.<br/>Priesthood--Mormon Church--History--Sources.<br/>Priesthood--Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints--History--Sources.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BX8643.A35  / .M676 2015eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>289.3089/96