959: What Lester Bush Left Out (Matt Harris 3 of 6)

Lester Bush wrote a groundbreaking 1873 article blaming Brigham Young, rather than Joseph Smith, for instituting the priesthood & temple ban. I asked Matt Harris if there was a weakness in the article that didn't address the racial theology behind the ban. He said there was, and found some interesting information in the Adam Bennion minutes that Lester didn't know about. Check out our conversation...

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CHAPTERS
0:00 19th Century Black Mormon History
5:12 Joseph Ball
6:52 Interracial Marriage Leads to Ban
9:27 White & Delightsome
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