Black and Mormon

Index

index Abel, Elijah, 4, 11, 17, 29–30, 38, 104, 115, 140– 41 Abel, Elijah, Jr., 30 Abel, Enoch, 30 Abraham, 23, 24, 42, 45–46 Adam, 27 Africa, 7, 14, 47, 87, 92, 98, 101, 104, 114, 130, 136, 160 African American Heritage Society, 89 African American Oral History Project (Charles Redd Center for Western Studies, Brigham Young University), 61–62, 85, 99, 121 African Americans: characteristics of, as LDS members, 122–26; characteristics of, as converts to LDS Church, 85, 118; and conversion to LDS Church, 77, 122, 127, 138–39; in General Authority positions, 156, 158; inactivity of, after LDS conversion, 84–87, 128; LDS, as middle class, 166; LDS, in military, 126, 129, 134–35; as LDS missionaries, 139; music of, 138, 147, 161; ostracized by LDS congregations, 56–57, 70, 74, 76, 128; positive experiences of, with LDS whites, 128– 29; in priesthood offices, 132, 137, 139, 145; and receptivity to Mormon message, 84, 114n78, 128; separate churches of, 117, 162 Alabama, 54–55 Anderson, James D., 150 Anglo-Saxon triumphalism, 25 Articles of Faith, in Pearl of Great Price, 42 Asenath, 43 Ashe, Jabari, 135–36 Asian Americans, 157 Atlanta, Georgia, 132–47 Atlanta Ward, 133–47 Auburn, Alabama, 143 Bailey, Thurl, 50, 113 Ballard, M. Russell, 29–30 Bankhead, Mary Lucille Perkins, 58, 87 Baptist Church, 54–55, 65–66, 69, 71–73, 77, 117, 127, 135, 143 Bateman, Merrill J., 104 Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 69–72 Baunchand, Betty Wright, 71–72 Baunchand, Severia, 71 Baunchand, Sharon, 72 Beaulieu, Freda, 70–71 Beaver Dam, Virginia, 66 Bennion, Lowell, 58 Bible, 69, 130, 142; as support for racist attitudes , 113n56. See also Cain; Ham; Jesus; Moses Birmingham, Alabama, 138 Black, Susan Easton, 58 Black History Month, 89–90, 93, 103 Black Panther party, 6 Blount, Daryl, 134 Boaz, 43 Bond, Julian, 92 Book of Abraham (LDS scripture), 32, 42, 45– 46; as support of black priesthood ban, 13– 18, 20, 23, 28–29; as opposed to priesthood ban, 18 Book of Mormon (LDS scripture), 41, 66–67, 70–71, 106; alleged racist aspects of, 8, 12, 13, 26–28, 154, 165; passages of, used to support racial inclusiveness, 10, 152, 157 Book of Moses (LDS scripture), 26–29, 40–41 Bradley, Tom, 89 Brazil, 7 Bridgeforth, Ruffin, 2, 58, 86, 100, 139, 141 Brigham Young University, 61–62, 85, 90–91, 99, 104, 134, 150 10.INDEX.169-174_Bringhurst.pmd 6/8/11, 4:21 PM 169 170 / Index Bringhurst, Newell G., 84 Briscoe, David, 1 British Israelism, 25 Brodie, Fawn McKay, 13, 28 Brooke, John L., 26 Brown, Hilda, 69, 73 Brown, Samuella, 128 Brown, Wesley Jennings, 69, 73, 77 Brown v. Board of Education (1954), 161 Brunson, Bertha, 136 Brunson, Rob, 136 Bush, Lester E., Jr., 17–22, 32, 48 Butler, Kevin, 135 Butler, M. J. Cheatham, 135 Cain, 19, 22–23, 26–27, 29, 34, 37–39, 42, 48, 51, 61, 83, 86, 90, 98–99, 105, 108, 132–33, 146 California African American Genealogical Society , 89 Campbell, Darrell, 140 Canaan, 16, 22, 29, 40–42, 46 Canaanites, 37–41, 43–44 canneries, LDS, 136 Cannon, Angus M., 53 Caroline County, Virginia, 64 Carter, Jimmy, 1, 133 Chandler, Russell J., 6 Charlotte, North Carolina, 138 Cherry, Alan, 7, 50, 61, 85, 99, 121–22 Chicago, Illinois, 100, 138 Church of Christ, 135 Church of God in Christ, 69, 71–72 Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon or LDS Church): alleged legacy of racism in, 7–8, 82, 86, 88, 91, 93–94, 103, 128, 137, 145, 148–51, 156, 160, 164; allows blacks to hold priesthood in, 1–4, 82–83; attrition rate of blacks in, 7; calls leaders to positions in, 165; centralized leadership positions in, 155–57; congregations of, 134–39, 153; debates repudiation of racist folklore, 90–92; denies priesthood to women, 5, 153, 156; doctrines of equality in, 152–53; emphasizes family values, 137, 144, 152; and focus on public relations, 87–88, 93, 101, 103–4; hierarchical organization of, 153; and interest in genealogy, 83, 142; missionary efforts of, 51, 64, 70–71, 84–85, 90, 102, 121, 127–28, 130, 132, 135–36, 139, 144, 150, 160; music of, 138, 147, 161; myth of continuity in, 106–7; and myth of history as irrelevant (“time-filtered”), 107; number of blacks in, after 1978, 6–7; number of blacks in, before 1978, 6, 11, 84, 117; and outreach to blacks following...