TY - BOOK AU - Harris,Matthew L. AU - Bringhurst,Newell G. TI - The Mormon Church and Blacks: A Documentary History SN - 9780252097843 AV - BX8643 U1 - 289.3089/96 PY - 2015/// CY - Champaign PB - University of Illinois Press KW - African American Mormons - History KW - Electronic books N1 - 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 UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=4306053 ER -