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Articles/Essays

Looking Back, Looking Forward: “Mormonism’s Negro Doctrine” 45 Years Later



2018: Lester Bush, “Looking Back, Looking Forward: “Mormonism’s Negro Doctrine” 45 Years Later” Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought, Vol 51 No. 3 (2018):1–28. It has been forty-five years since Dialogue published Bush’s essay entitled “Mormonism’s Negro Doctrine: An Historical Overview”2 and forty years since Official Declaration 2 ended the priesthood/temple ban. It...

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Negotiating Black Self-Hate within the LDS Church



2018: Darron T. Smith, “Negotiating Black Self-Hate within the LDS Church” Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought, Vol 51 No. 3 (2018):29–44. Smith considers “why would any self-aware Black person find Mormonism the least bit appealing given its ignoble history of racial exclusion and marginalization?”

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Martin Luther King Jr. and Mormonism: Dialogue, Race, and Pluralism



2018: Roy Whitaker, “MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. AND MORMONISM: DIALOGUE, RACE, AND PLURALISM” Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought, Vol 51 No. 3 (2018):131–153. This essay provides an outline for how to have a more robust intrafaith dialogue about race among members of the LDS church. Using principles from Martin Luther King, Jr. about...

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One Devout Mormon Family’s Struggle with Racism



2018: Robert Greenwell, “One Devout Mormon Family’s Struggle with Racism” Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought, Vol 51 No. 3 (2018):155–180. This article tells the impact of LDS racial teachings on a single family history, the Marshalls, from Alabama in the 19th c. to Filmore, Utah in the present.

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Interview

Interview: Father-Daughter Interview on Blacks and the Priesthood



2018: Egide Nzojibwami & Verlyne Christensen: Interviewed by Gregory A. Prince, “Interview: Father-Daughter Interview on Blacks and the Priesthood” Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought, Vol 51 No. 3 (2018):213–136. A beautiful interview wherein Christensen said “If we look at an organization being a circle, there are a lot of people who are...

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Poetry

Reviews

Roundtable

Roundtable: The Preacher, the Labor Leader, the Homosexual, and the Jew: The Template for Achieving Great Goals



2018: Alice Faulkner Burch, “Roundtable: The Preacher, the Labor Leader, the Homosexual, and the Jew: The Template for Achieving Great Goals” Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought, Vol 51 No. 3 (2018):181–185. Burch explains “Individually we can be strong and accomplish wonderful things. Together, united, we can be unstoppable and accomplish great things...

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Roundtable: When Did You Become Black?



2018: Gail Turley Houston, “Roundtable: When Did You Become Black?” Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought, Vol 51 No. 3 (2018):193–200. After taking a genelogy DNA test, Houston finds some African ancestory. “Where to begin in answering all those questions? But at the most basic level, I simply liked that I was from...

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Roundtable: The Black Cain in White Garments



2018: Melodie Jackson, “Roundtable: The Black Cain in White Garments” Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought, Vol 51 No. 3 (2018):209–211. Jackson explains “The Church refused to grant the Black body whole recognition and divinity. To Nephi, I was not fair and delightsome. To Joseph, I was a violator of the most sacred...

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Sermon

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