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February 2016

February 12, 2016

Jane Manning James: Her Life Story in Her Own Words

When I publish anything about Black LDS pioneer Jane Elizabeth Manning James, people from around...

November 2014

November 23, 2014

Black Pioneers–for my brothers and sisters in Africa

Here are the photos of Jane Manning James and her husband, Isaac. Though the two...

December 2013

December 16, 2013

Jane Elizabeth Manning James

We draped a sheet across a metal trellis and called it a covered wagon. We...

December 08, 2013

Dayenu! (It would have been enough!)

(During some Passover celebrations, Jews drop bits of wine on a napkin, citing each plague...

April 2013

April 25, 2013

Darius Gray and a Wish List for BYU

  I wrote some of this in 2013, but it has additional relevance today, so...

April 22, 2013

For My Friend, Who’s Going through the Temple for the First Time

Dear Ms. C: I received this in an email from a Congolese friend, Aime Mbuyi,...

April 15, 2013

Len Hope–in his own words

This is the story of Len and Mary Hope, black converts to Mormonism. Len was...

February 2013

February 11, 2013

White Lady Speaks to the Genesis Group

Preliminary explanation, because inevitably somebody doesn't get it: This is one of those risky posts--a...

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