Intellectuals of the church defined

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Originally Posted by myboynoah

I think the "Blacks, Civil Rights, and the Priesthood" chapter of the McKay book lays out a pretty good case for cause and effect.

No link, but I have the book in front of me.

That's a pretty good recommendation. I think the article considered most influential was Lester Bush's 1973 article: "Mormonism Negro Doctrine: An Historical Overview" http://content.lib.utah.edu/cdm4/doc...PTR=3439&REC=8)

Bush shows I think that virtually all of the historical arguments used to justify the ban were pretty flawed. That strikes me as an important first step, but myboynoah suggestion is more directly a case study of how articles like that influenced things. Still, Bush's article is online.

P.S.

To make sure I don't give the wrong impression. Both the Lord and Spencer W. Kimball deserve most of the credit.