Mormon Prophets Hired Snipers for the 1967 General Conference | Ep. 1948
Mormon Stories Podcast
Dr. John Dehlin
4.6 • 5.2K Ratings
🗓️ 27 September 2024
⏱️ 161 minutes
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Summary
In today's video, we dive into the protests at BYU during the 1970s, including threats from black activists and government pressure to increase diversity in hiring and recruitment. We'll also discuss a shocking incident during a basketball game where a Molotov cocktail was thrown into the crowd, narrowly missing the BYU sports announcer. The church's response to these threats (mostly fabricated by the Birch Society) included heightened security measures, with snipers stationed on the Mormon Tabernacle during General Conference. Joining us is Dr. Darron Smith to discuss Matt Harris’ new book, Second Class Saints. Don't miss this thought-provoking conversation!
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| 0:00.0 | Hello everyone and welcome to another additional Mormon stories |
| 0:03.0 | podcast I'm your host John Delinn it's June 26, 2024 and we are here in part 11 of our |
| 0:09.9 | coverage of this epic new book in Mormon history second-class Saints, Black Mormons, |
| 0:15.1 | and the Struggle for Racial Equality, by Dr Matthew Harris. Today we're |
| 0:20.6 | going to be covering the 1970 to 1973 period after David O' McCabe dies. |
| 0:27.4 | We're going to be covering the Joseph Fielding Smith and Harold B. Lee, Erras, of the church, plus a bit more. |
| 0:37.1 | And we're excited to be joined today by a long time friend and one of the original interviewees of Mormon |
| 0:48.2 | Story's podcast. We welcome back, Darren Smith, Dr. Darren Smith. |
| 0:54.1 | Hey Darren Smith, welcome back to Mormon Stories. |
| 0:56.7 | Hello, it's always good to be here, John. |
| 0:59.1 | You know, I'm a big huge fan of the series, and so, however I can can contribute so thank you for inviting me |
| 1:05.1 | Matt thank you for having out here yeah pleasure so great to have you Darren so |
| 1:09.9 | just to remind everyone this we're trying to do a 20 part series on this book |
| 1:17.5 | because in my opinion there is no book that gives us a better inside of view into how the sausage gets made, how decisions get made, |
| 1:28.0 | how crises are managed, how the quorum, what the quorum of the 12 and the first presidency dynamics are, |
| 1:35.0 | then this brand new book. |
| 1:36.2 | Please buy it. |
| 1:37.3 | Now, let's make this the best-selling book in Mormonism for 2024. |
| 1:42.2 | Let's beat John Krakhauer in the Book of Mormon. Go buy. Mormon |
| 1:43.4 | for |
| 1:46.2 | and is for moreman. Go buy this book. |
| 1:46.8 | And also we have about 60 of you who have donated to the series |
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