Black Saints
in a
White Church:

Contemporary African American Mormons

Jessie L. Embry

Signature Books
Salt Lake City
© 1994

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction

1. Black Churches in America
2. The LDS Church and African-Americans
3. Impact of the LDS "Negro Policy"
4. The Oral History Project and Survey
5. Religious Commitment
6. Cultural Interaction
7. Public Acceptance
8. Social Acceptance
9. Organizational Issues
10. Within The Black Community
11. The LDS African-Americans

Appenix
Selected Readings
Cover

front cover
Title page
Black Saints in a White Church:
Contemporary African-American Mormons


Jessie L. Embry

Signature Books Inc. 1994
Dedication
To Alan cherry
and
Roger Launius
Copyright page

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Embry, Jessie L.
Black Saints in a White Church: Contemporary African American Mormons / by Jessie L. Embry.
p. cm.

Includes bibliophrahical references.

1. Afro-American Mormons. 2. Race relations--Religious aspects--Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 3. Race Relations--Religious aspects--Mormon church. 4. Church of jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints--Membership. 5. Mormon Church--Membership
I. Title.

ISBN 1-56085-044-2
BX8643.A35E42 1994
289.3'089'96073 – dc20 94-13559 CIP

About the editor

Jessie L. Embry


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