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023: Black and Mormon -- The Darron Smith Story Pt. 2

023: Black and Mormon -- The Darron Smith Story Pt. 2

FromMormon Stories - LDS


023: Black and Mormon -- The Darron Smith Story Pt. 2

FromMormon Stories - LDS

ratings:
Length:
56 minutes
Released:
Oct 19, 2007
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

In part 2 of a 3 part series, we interview Darron Smith--a black man who joined the LDS church as a teenager in Tennessee. After serving a mission for the LDS Church and graduating from the University of Utah, Darron began a 10 year teaching career at church-owned Brigham Young University. After 10 years of teaching at BYU, Darron's employment was terminated in response to (according to Darron) his public writings and speaking--wherein Darron openly called for the LDS Church to apologize for, and renounce the racists statements of past Church leaders. In this series, Darron discusses his upbringing in the Church, provides a brief history of Blacks within the Church, discusses his termination from BYU, and his hopes for the LDS Church in the future with regard to these issues.
Released:
Oct 19, 2007
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Mormon Stories is an attempt to build understanding between and about Mormons through the telling of stories in both audio and video formats.