According to Mormon history and authoritative Mormon teachers, the Negro, as they were referred to, are a cursed race because they were not faithful to God in their first estate (the pre-existent life with God). Hence, when they are born they are born in
I sincerely hope that your editorial on the "White-Negro Issue" will stimulate many brethren to get off the "fence" and stand steadfastly for love among brethren against ignorance and bias. ``The idea that brethren in Christ are to be
This paper researches the history of the racism found in the official teachings of the Watchtower Bible and Track Society, whose followers are now known as Jehovah's Witnesses.
As the great Port of New Orleans was a major point of entry for merchant ships, holds bursting with human, African cargo, the Port was also, unbeknownst to many, a major point of entry for captured Muslims (most often prisoners of local wars) who certainl
In 1836, one year before Michigan became a state, 13 former slaves responded to discrimination in Detroit's First Baptist Church by forming their own congregation and calling it Second Baptist.
In many ways, the history of African-American involvement in the Episcopal Church has paralleled societal trends, but at times the Church has been ahead of or behind those trends.
American Muslim history is longer than most might think, extending back to the day that the first slave ship landed on Virginia's coast in 1619. It encorporates two groups—Muslims from other countries who migrated to America by force or by choice, an
In the death of Jean Montanet, at the age of nearly a hundred years, New Orleans lost, at the end of August, the most extraordinary African character that ever gained celebrity within her limits. Jean Montanet, or Jean La Ficelle, or Jean Latanié, or Jean
. . . since Harlem was the center of a large black population, it became the focus of a Black Renaissance. Among the many celebrities were a group of radicals: Communists, Socialists and Independents. In this group were several leaders who called themselv
