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| |link=Mormonism and racial issues/Blacks and the priesthood/Overview
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| |summary=An overview of the priesthood ban that was lifted in 1978.
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| |link=Mormonism and racial issues/Blacks and the priesthood/Origin of the priesthood ban
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| |subject=The origin of the Mormon priesthood ban
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| |summary=The origin of the priesthood ban is one of the most difficult questions to answer. Its origins are not clear, and this affected both how members and leaders have seen the ban, and the steps necessary to rescind it. The Church has never provided an official reason for the ban.
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| |L1=Question: What do we know about the origin of the priesthood ban on Church members of African descent?
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| |L2=Question: Did Joseph Smith confer the priesthood on several black men?
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| |L3=Question: Why did Brigham Young initiate the priesthood ban?
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| |L4=Question: What did Church leaders after Brigham Young think of the priesthood ban?
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| |link=Mormonism and racial issues/Blacks and the priesthood/Understanding pre-1978 statements
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| |subject=Understanding pre-1978 statements by members and leaders of the Church
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| |summary=Critics frequently parade justifications for the ban by past General Authorities that are considered quite racist by today's standards. While these have not been officially renounced, there is no obligation for current members to accept such sentiments as the "word of the Lord," and they most certainly do not reflect the Church's current position and teachings.
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| |L1=Question: How have modern Church leaders reacted to the speculations of the past regarding the reason for the priesthood ban?
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| |L2=Question: How is it possible for a Church leader or prophet to have been influenced by racism, yet be consistent with the Lord not allowing prophets to lead the Church astray?
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| |link=Mormonism and racial issues/Blacks and the priesthood/Lifting the ban
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| |subject=Lifting the Priesthood ban
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| |summary=Is it true that the Church has never produced a copy of the revelation granting Blacks the ability to receive the priesthood?
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| |link=Mormonism and racial issues/Blacks and the priesthood/Social pressure
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| |subject=Did social pressure play a role in lifting the ban?
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| |summary=Critics try to raise doubts about the authenticity of the 1978 revelation by claiming that it was dictated by social or governmental pressure.
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| |link=Mormonism and racial issues/Blacks and the priesthood/Double standard
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| |subject=Joseph Fielding Smith's racial reference in ''LOOK'' Magazine in 1963
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| |summary=Critics point to a 1963 statement by Joseph Fielding Smith LOOK Magazine in which he used the word "Darkies" as representative of the Church's racism. These critics, however, are applying a double standard to the Church in 1963. Not one article, photo, or ad in a full 154 pages of this colorful oversized magazine interrupts its perky Caucasian landscape by featuring an African-American. They are not to be seen in ads, Catholic schoolrooms, or even on a featured college football team. Looking at this slice of life from the sixties, the only reason one would have to think blacks even lived in the United States is one photo on page 118 where a few blacks are pictured as the recipients of charity. The patronizing hypocrisy of examining one small church's "attitude toward Negroes" in this sort of environment has, of course, not yet settled into the mainstream of American consciousness.
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| |link=Mormonism and racial issues/Blacks and the priesthood/Policy or doctrine
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| |subject=Policy or doctrine
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| |link=Mormonism and racial issues/Blacks and the priesthood/Statements
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| |subject=Statements
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| |summary=A compilation of statements made by Church leaders both before and after the rescinding of the priesthood ban in 1978.
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| |link=Mormonism and racial issues/Blacks and the priesthood/Banned from temple open houses
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| |subject=Banned from temple open houses
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| |summary=Were blacks banned from visiting temples prior to dedication, while other non-members were welcomed?
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