Black and Mormon / edited by Newell G. Bringhurst and Darron T. Smith

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Contents: Introduction / Newell G. Bringhurst, Darron T. Smith -- The "Missouri Thesis" revisited: early Mormonism, slavery, and the status of black people / Newell G. Bringhurst -- The traditions of their fathers: myth versus reality in LDS scriptural writings / Alma Allred -- Two perspectives: the religious hopes of "worthy" African American latter-day saints before the 1978 revelation / Ronald G. Coleman, Darius A. Gray -- Spanning the priesthood revelation (1978): two multigenerational case studies / Jessie L. Embry -- Casting off the "Curse of Cain": the extent and limits of progress since 1978 / Armand L. Mauss -- African American latter-day saints: a sociological perspective / Cardell K. Jacobson -- "How do things look on the ground?" The LDS African American community in Atlanta, Georgia / Ken Driggs -- Unpacking whiteness in Zion: some personal reflections and general observations / Darron T. Smith