Image: George Albert Smith, LDS Prophet.
LDS First Presidency, letter to Virgil H. Sponberg (critic of the anti-black ban), May 5, 1947: 1
“Your ideas, as we understand them, appear to contemplate the intermarriage of the Negro and white races, a concept which has heretofore been most repugnant to most normal-minded people from the ancient patriarchs until now…. there is a growing tendency, particularly among some educators, as it manifests itself in this area, toward the breaking down of race barriers in the matter of intermarriage between whites and blacks, but it does not have the sanction of the Church and is contrary to Church doctrine.”
Blacks and the Priesthood – Mormon Think
Black people in Mormon doctrine – Wikipedia
Statements about race in the Book of Mormon – Religious Tolerance
Race and the Priesthood Essay – LDS.org
Black Intermarriage – Mormon Think
References
| 1 | LDS First Presidency (George Albert Smith), letter to Virgil H. Sponberg (critic of the anti-black ban), May 5, 1947, quoted in Lester E. Bush, Mormonism’s Negro Doctrine: An Historical Overview, p. 42 |
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