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‘Mormon Land’: Black Latter-day Saints still would like an apology, says LDS theologian

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‘Mormon Land’: Black Latter-day Saints still would like an apology, says LDS theologian
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The issue of race in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has always been fraught. For more than a century, members of African descent were barred from the priesthood and temple. That ended in 1978, but the topics of race and inclusion continued to cast shadows on the American-born faith.

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