This is a first time release on YouTube, (previously on Apple Podcasts) of a conversation I had with Dr. Paul Reeve of the University of Utah last year. I asked if he had anything to
Last year, I interviewed Dr. Paul Reeve at the University of Utah on his book Religion of a Different Color. This is a first-time release on our Youtube channel, but a re-release on audio of our
It’s time to conclude #BlackHistoryMonth, and here’s my latest conversation with Dr. Paul Reeve! In recent years the LDS Church has published a series of essays with a goal of giving Latter-day Saints good information
We’ve been talking a lot about the priesthood and temple ban, but when did the ban actually begin? Warner McCary seems to be the last person who might have been ordained as late as 1846.
Orson Pratt is a new hero of mine! With the last-lasting priesthood and temple ban that ended in 1978, Mormons have a poor record with regards to race relations. I talked about reasons why Brigham
In March 1847, Brigham Young was quoted as being favorably aware of Q. Walker Lewis, a black Elder in the LDS Church in Boston. But in February 1852, he is quoted as saying that black
Mormons are familiar with stories of persecutions in Missouri back in the 1830s. Why were Mormons so persecuted? Part of it is due to slavery. It turns out that the people of Missouri were concerned
We’re discussing how Mormons became a racial category. In today’s world, Mormonism is seen as a predominantly white church, but in Joseph Smith’s day, it was perceived as just the opposite. Mormons were considered so
