Blacks
History of people of black African descent in the Church, including the 1978 priesthood revelation.
21 documents · 6 libraries · 1995–2026
Emphasis over time
Peak: 4 documents in 2016
Documents tagged with this topic each year. Libraries cover different years (Liahona starts in 2021), so the rate compares eras more fairly than the count.
Where it lives
- BYU Studies8 documents
- Liahona Articles5 documents
- BYU Speeches3 documents
- Interpreter3 documents
- Gospel Topics and Questions1 document
- Religious Educator1 document
Latest
Liahona Articles
Becca Bravo · Aug 2026
BYU Speeches
The Need for Greater Hope (opens in a new tab)
Jamal Willis · Jul 2026
Interpreter
Jeffrey M. Bradshaw · 2025
Liahona Articles
Len and Mary Hope: Black Converts in the American South (opens in a new tab)
Feb 2022
Liahona Articles
How Can I Help Overcome Prejudice? (opens in a new tab)
Sep 2021
BYU Speeches
Racism and Other Challenges (opens in a new tab)
Dallin H. Oaks · Oct 2020
BYU Studies
Hope in a Time of Fracture (opens in a new tab)
Anne Snyder · 2020
BYU Studies
Autobiography of Jane Elizabeth Manning James (opens in a new tab)
James Goldberg and Veronica Anderson · 2018
BYU Studies
Finding Jane (opens in a new tab)
Melissa Leilani Larson · 2018
Interpreter
Race: Always Complicated, Never Simple (opens in a new tab)
Tarik D. LaCour · 2018
Earliest
BYU Studies
Brother Wiseman (opens in a new tab)
Tessa M. Santiago · 1995
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