"Not One-Drop" of African Blood - Brigham Young’s Curse of Cain Doctrine | Ep. 1906

In this new series on Mormon Leadership, historian Matt Harris discusses Mormonism's early racism, focusing on the priesthood and temple ban for Black members. He explores the church's opposition to civil rights, the experiences of Black Latter-day Saints like Jane Manning James and Elijah Abel, and the evolving theology around race. Harris challenges misconceptions about prophetic revelation and the origins of the ban, shedding light on this complex and painful history.
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Chapters
00:04:15 Introduction for Matt Harris
00:10:37 The end of the priesthood and temple ban
00:12:25 Poem from Alice Burch “Without”
00:26:16 Heroes that helped Matt Harris
00:31:45 How institutional revelation works
00:41:40 Black Latter-day Saints
00:57:50 Black people under Joseph Smith
01:01:10 Jane Manning James
01:12:22 Black men who held the priesthood during Joseph Smith’s lifetime
01:19:25 Joseph Fielding Smith’s reaction
01:27:50 Elijah’s son and grandson were ALSO ordained
01:34:18 Slavery in Utah
01:41:40 Q. Walker Louis
01:57:40 The “one drop” rule
02:13:00 Blacks in the pre-earth life and being neutral
02:26:50 What classes Matt Harris teaches
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