Black, White, and Mormon: A Conference on the Evolving Status of Black Saints within the Mormon Fold

Mark your calendars for October 8 & 9 for a special conference exploring “Black, White, and Mormon: A Conference on the Evolving Status of Black Saints within the Mormon Fold.” First, on October 8, Lester Bush will be giving the Sterling McMurrin Lecture on “Looking Back, Looking Forward: Mormonism’s Negro Doctrine 42 Years Later.” He will “reflect on the 42 years since his seminal article was published in Dialogue which undermined the standing historical narrative that the LDS Church’s priesthood ban began with Joseph Smith. We invite Bush to consider the past forty years: what has changed, what has stayed the same, and what steps are yet necessary to bring about change.”
Then on Friday, Ocotber 9, the conference continues with panels on Race and the Inner City, Race and Mormon Women, Race at BYU, and Race and the Ward. Includes a free Lunch Plenary Session by Elder Joseph W. Sitati, member of the First Quorum of the Seventy, who will speak on “Race and the International Church” at noon in the Tanner Dining Room at the University of Utah Alumni House. Register today!