Bro. Martins visited the Orem, Utah Institute of Religion on February 29, 2008. He gave a talk entitled “Thirty Years After the Long Promised Day.” You can read the talk by following this link. Thirty Years After the Long Promised Day.
The Daily Herald is running photos from the Ogden, Utah, screening of Nobody Knows: The Untold Story of Black Mormons. Included with the photos is an article from the Associated Press: Wrapped in soulful, black spirituals, the 72-minute film takes viewers on a journey from the days of Mormon pioneers to the 1960s civil rights era, …
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On July 24th 2007, the Charlotte Chapter of the BYU Alumni Association presented a Pioneer Commemoration at the Levine Museum of the New South. The presentation was related to the museum exhibits of “The Families of Abraham” (photos of Jewish, Christian, and Muslim families in Charlotte) and “From Cottonfields to Skyscrapers” (history of the South). The …
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Jackson T Mkhabela was called as Stake President of the Soweto Stake and sustained at a Stake Conference held in the Pimville Stake Center. All previous Stake Presidents in South Africa had been white though there have been black Counselors. This is significant when you consider the country’s racial diverse past and the fact that …
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Gladys Knight cherishes last duet with Charles Deseret Morning News Tuesday, February 15, 2005–When the Grammys were handed out Sunday night, Gladys Knight was not on hand to get the one for her gospel duet with the late Ray Charles. "I was doing a fireside in Las Vegas," she said. Her programs are so popular …
Jane Manning James – Black Pioneer Provo Daily Herald, UT, Februray 16, 2005 -Jane Manning James, the most well-known female black pioneer, was baptized into The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Connecticut. She then walked 800 miles with eight family members, including her young son, to meet thousands of church members in …
Black Pioneers Provo Daily Herald, UT – In 1838, a 10-year-old black boy was given as a wedding present to James and Agnes Flake in North Carolina. He went by the unusual name of Green and, according to custom, took the surname of his white slave owners. Later, after moving to Mississippi, Green Flake's life …
Elijah Abel – Black Pioneer Provo Daily Herald, UT – Elijah Abel has earned historical fame for being a test case for blacks and the priesthood, said Margaret Young, a black pioneer historian. Abel joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as the first black member in 1832 and was then ordained as …
Green Flake – Black Pioneer Provo Daily Herald, UT – Green Flake is one of the three black pioneers whose names are immortalized on the back of the Brigham Young monument in Salt Lake City. He was born in North Carolina as a slave and was given as a wedding present to James and Agnes …
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