Mormon Apostle Tries to End the Priesthood and Temple Ban | Ep. 1941

Mormon Stories Podcast

Dr. John Dehlin

Religion & Spirituality

4.6 • 5.2K Ratings

🗓️ 16 September 2024

⏱️ 152 minutes

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Summary

In the 1960s, Mormon Apostle Hugh B. Brown made significant efforts to lift the priesthood and temple ban for Black members of the church, even speaking with the media about the possibility of change. President Harold B. Lee, however, demanded that Brown stop speaking to the press and removed him from the First Presidency. Lee also forced Brown to sign a statement reaffirming the church’s racist doctrines. Join us with historian Matthew Harris as we explore the impact of Brown’s release, his faith journey, and insights from Harris's book Second Class Saints: Black Mormons and the Struggle for Racial Equality.

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0:00.0	Hello everyone and welcome to another additional Mormon stories podcast I'm your host
0:03.8	John Delyn it is June 25th 2024 and today we're going to be answering the
0:09.3	question what happens when a Mormon apostle or better said a member of the LDS Church
0:16.2	first presidency goes rogue and doesn't just go rogue he goes rogue for like a
0:21.2	decade and we're speaking specifically about
0:24.0	cubie Brown who fought for a good solid 10 years to lift the LDS churches
0:32.0	priesthood in temple ban against black people.
0:35.0	He fought so hard for so long and he suffered a really, really unfortunate and sad fate at the end of his efforts.
0:46.5	And we're going to be telling that story today.
0:49.5	We're telling the story of courageous activist, LDS Church or Mormon apostle and Canadian,
0:57.6	Hubi Brown. Of course we are telling the story in the context of this amazing book that's new, go buy it,
1:06.7	second-class Saints, Black Mormons, and the Struggle for Racial Equality,
1:10.8	by Dr Matthew Harris. Matthew Harris.
1:13.0	This is part 10 in what we hope to be a 20-part series.
1:17.0	So you can enjoy this series
1:21.0	as part of the Mormon Stories Podcast stream, or you can check it out as its own
1:25.1	podcast feed on Spotify on Apple Podcasts or on a YouTube playlist by the same name as the book.
1:34.9	I'll just remind you all that we're only able to do a limited number of these.
1:41.2	Mormon stories has put up half the donations to pay them out for these episodes.
1:47.1	We need your support.
1:48.7	We've had about 50 or 60 of you step up to donate to this series.
1:53.7	100% of your donations go to Matt.
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