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Second-Class Saints: Black Mormons and the Struggle for Racial Equality Harris, Matthew L. (Professor of History, Professor of History, Colorado State University Pueblo)
Second-Class Saints: Black Mormons and the Struggle for Racial Equality
Harris, Matthew L. (Professor of History, Professor of History, Colorado State University Pueblo)
On June 9, 1978, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS) president Spencer W. Kimball announced a revelation lifting the church's 126-year-old ban barring Black people from the priesthood and Mormon temples. It was the most significant change in LDS doctrine since the end of polygamy almost 100 years earlier. Drawing on never-before-seen private papers of LDS apostles and church presidents, including Spencer W. Kimball, Matthew L. Harris probes the plot twists and turns, the near-misses and paths not taken, of this incredible story.
640 pages
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | January 9, 2025 |
| ISBN13 | 9780197695715 |
| Publishers | Oxford University Press Inc |
| Pages | 488 |
| Dimensions | 243 × 167 × 33 mm · 862 g |
| Language | English |