Professor Confronts Mormon Leaders on Racism - Lowry Nelson | 2CS 03 | Ep. 1913
Mormon Stories Podcast
Dr. John Dehlin
4.5 • 5.7K Ratings
🗓️ 27 June 2024
⏱️ 162 minutes
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Summary
Join us today as we discuss Mormon the priesthood and temple ban with historian Matt Harris. We will be talking about missionary work in South Africa, patriarchal blessings for black individuals, the removal of church leaders because of their ancestry, and the notes from the top secret meeting that came to be known as the Bennion report. Nate Byrd of the Black Menaces is joining us today to share his perspective.
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| 0:27.7 | hello everyone and welcome to another edition of Mormon stories podcast I'm your |
| 0:31.2 | host John Delin it is June 6, 2024. We are here for part 3 of our |
| 0:37.3 | amazing epic groundbreaking series on this book Second Class Saints, Black Mormons, and the |
| 0:45.8 | struggle for racial equality by Dr Matthew Harris. |
| 0:50.3 | As those of you know, we're doing a deep dive into the Mormon churches |
| 0:56.8 | priesthood and temple ban on black people that lasted for over 150 years. |
| 1:01.8 | And this is not only integrated into the Mormon |
| 1:06.0 | Story's podcast feed but it's also its own standalone podcast on Spotify |
| 1:10.1 | and on Apple Podcast wherever you get your podcast. Today we're going to be covering one of the most |
| 1:16.0 | important heroes in 20th century Mormonism or maybe in all of Mormonism and his name is |
| 1:26.2 | Larry Nelson Dr Larry Nelson I assume he is a PhD will I'm pretty sure he was |
| 1:31.5 | but this is a man who stood up for you know black |
| 1:39.7 | members of the church stood even spoke out against the priesthood ban in the 40s, 1940s and 50s and |
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