Black and Mormon

 Contents Acknowledgments Introduction Newell G. Bringhurst Darron T. Smith 1. The "Missouri Thesis" Revisited: Early Mormonism, Slavery, and the Status of Black People Newell G. Bringhurst 2. The Traditions of Their Fathers: Myth vs. Reality in LDS Scriptural Writings Alma Allred 3. Two Perspectives: The Religious Hopes of "Worthy" African American Latter-day Saints before the 1978 Revelation Ronald G. Coleman and Darius A. Gray 4. ASpanning the Priesthood Revelation (1978): Two Multigenerational Case Studies Jessie L. Embry 5. Casting Off the "Curse of Cain": The Extent and Limits of Progress since 1978 Armand L. Mauss 6. BAfrican American Latter-day Saints: A Sociological Perspective Cardell K. Jacobson 7. "How Do Things Look on the Ground?": The LDS African American Community in Atlanta, Georgia Ken Driggs 8. Unpacking Whiteness in Zion: Some Personal Reflections and General Observations Darron T. Smith Contributors Index 

Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication: African American Mormons