Until the 1970s, the LDS Church also restricted black ... The story of the Book of Mormon is not a black-white story, as Americans know it, where white is European and black is African.

Black Mormons celebrated — some even wept for joy — as their church updated an earlier anti-racism statement Tuesday and pointedly disavowed groups that promote white supremacy. “It has been ...

Each year has been a lesson in faith and doubt, stretching and engaging what it means to be black ... Book of Mormon; many of its key events take place in North America. Established in 1830, the ...

On Sunday, the LDS Church responded to ... thyself’ (Matthew 22:37–39). The Book of Mormon teaches ‘all are alike unto God’” (2 Nephi 26:33). “White supremacist attitudes are morally ...

The faith’s namesake scripture, the Book of Mormon ... “Race means more than Black and white,” she said. “There is marvelous scholarship going on in LDS history regarding [Blacks ...

As an African-American Latter-day Saint and the co-editor of Black and Mormon, a book-length ... predominantly white faith while others understandably leave. For many black LDS who stay and ...

Jesus was not a white European-looking man ... of this mark are not fully understood. … Latter-day Saints are blessed as they heed the Book of Mormon’s repeated warnings against pride and ...

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (LDS ... the New Testament and the Book of Mormon to make the point that all people are equal in the eyes of God. "White supremacist attitudes ...

The Bible and the Book of Mormon are the two most important sources for the Mormon faith. The Book of Mormon is described by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as “a collection of ...