Harris, Matthew L. <br/><br/>
The Mormon Church and Blacks :  A Documentary History. 

 - 1st ed. 
 - 1 online resource (233 pages) 
<br/><br/>Cover -- Title -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Three Mormon Scriptural Works: Providing a Canonical  Framework for Race, Slavery, and the Status -- 2. Joseph Smith and Evolving Mormon Attitudes  and Practices on Slavery and Race, 1830-1844 -- 3. Brigham Young, the Beginning of Black Priesthood Denial,  and Legalization of Slavery in Utah, 18 -- 4. Justifying and Perpetuating Black Priesthood Denial, 1877-1949 -- 5. Church Growth, Confronting Civil Rights,  and Official Affirmations of Black Priesthood Denial, 1 -- 6. The 1978 Revelation and Its Implications -- 7. Confronting the Church's Problematic Racial Past after 1978 -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780252097843 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>African American Mormons - History.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BX8643 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>289.3089/96