It’s Black History Month at Gospel Tangents. This is our final conversation with Russell Stevenson and we’ll talk the LDS Church in Africa. Did you know that Nigerians in the 1960s and even in the
We’re continuing our discussion of Black History Month with Russell Stevenson. He’s the biographer of Elijah Ables, and we’ll talk about the end of Elijah’s life. Did Elijah Ables affiliate with any other groups like
Brigham Young is often seen as the person responsible for instituting the ban on black members from LDS temples and from the priesthood for male members. It turns out that the story is a little
Following Elijah Ables’ Canadian mission, he returned for a short time to Nauvoo where he helped Joseph Smith escape from a mob from Missouri. Then he went to Ohio and encountered more Trouble in Cincinnati!
