The historian Matthew Harris is still with us. Much of his book, “Second Class Saints: Black Mormons and the Struggle for Racial Equality,” is about the LDS Church’s long-standing practice that not only excluded Black males from the priesthood, but also taught that people of color were subject to a curse — earned, apparently, in a pre-existence. The priesthood doctrine was changed in 1978, but the church has never formally apologized for it. Today, we’re talking about the revelation that changed the infamous Mormon doctrine.
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Matthew Harris | Professor of History at Colorado State University Pueblo. His book is “Second Class Saints: Black Mormons and the Struggle for Racial Equality” [Amazon|Bookshop].
Airdate: Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024 at 9 a.m. and Saturday, Aug. 10, 2024 at 11 a.m.