On Friday, June 1, the LDS Conference Center hosted an evening of song and celebration, commemorating the 4oth anniversary of the Church's reversal of a priesthood/temple ban that was in place for black Mormons for more than a century. The brainchild of seven committed black LDS women, the “Be One” event can be viewed online here.
Today's three guest bloggers, all current or recent students at Brigham Young University, are too young to remember the ban, but they're not too young to have felt its aftermath. I asked them to reflect on what they saw and heard at the celebration. (And I'm sorry this column is only appearing now, five days after the event; I learned too late that the RNS site would be down for several days for an update, so I thank Zyon, Kirstie, and Andrew for their patience.)
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