This perennially well-received session features the stories of those who have chosen to remain active, dedicated, Latter-day Saints, even in the face of challenges to traditional faith. Gina Colvin, Mitch Mayne, Ken Driggs, Kalani Tonga, and Fatimah S. Salleh
Speaker: Ken Driggs
SL09152 Repeating History: Comparing the 1953 and 2008 Raids on FLDS
In July 1953, Arizona Governor Howard Pyle ordered police action against the Fundamentalist Mormons in the remote village of Short Creek. Pyle told the public he wanted “to protect the lives and futures of 263 children” in a community “dedicated to the production of white slaves.” The raid was an expensive failure and cost Pyle …
Update On Current Events Surrounding Fundamentalist Mormonism
Update On Current Events Surrounding Fundamentalist Mormonism Each member of this panel has studied, written about, or closely observed fundamentalist Mormon communities for many years. In this session, they will discuss the latest news about FLDS leader Warren Jeffs, the implications of recent rulings and actions by Utah and Arizona courts, and other current events …
The 1950 Priesthood Split And Fundamentalist Mormons Today
The two largest fundamentalist Mormon communities today are the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (FLDS) and the Apostolic United Brethren (AUB). They were one group until the death of their leader, John Y. Barlow, in 1949. What issues and actions caused their split? How have these events affected the two groups’ distinctly …
WHAT DO WE MAKE OF THE NEWS OUT OF COLORADO CITY?
For more than a year, news accounts have portrayed the Fundamentalist Mormon community at Colorado City, Arizona, and Hildale, Utah, as a cesspool of sexual molestation, open rebellion against the law, welfare thievery, and potentially another Waco or Jonestown. These characterizations have been made by embittered former members, politicians, muckraking journalists, and a writer of …
BLACK AND MORMON: HOW ARE THINGS ON THE GROUND AFTER THE 1978 PRIESTHOOD BAN?
Panelists will discuss the twenty-fifth anniversary of the LDS priesthood ban that excluded black members from full Church participation. Several of the panelists contributed a compelling chapter to the forthcoming University of Illinois book, Black and Mormon, scheduled for release in October 2004. The articles examine the mechanisms that marginalize blacks, motives behind the original …
LDS Black Experience Panel I: A Foreign Message?: Why Do Black Americans React Differently to the Church Than do Black Africans?
SL03091, This year marks the fortieth anniversary of the March on Washington, at which Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his famous “I Have a Dream” speech, and the thirty-fifth anniversary of Dr. King’s assassination. It also marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of the revelation reversing The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’ policy of …
LDS Black Experience Panel II: The Leap of Faith: Personal, Cultural, Social
SL03091, This year marks the fortieth anniversary of the March on Washington, at which Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his famous “I Have a Dream” speech, and the thirty-fifth anniversary of Dr. King’s assassination. It also marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of the revelation reversing The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’ policy of …
LDS Black Experience Panel III: Settling Down, Finding a Home in the Church
SL03091, This year marks the fortieth anniversary of the March on Washington, at which Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his famous “I Have a Dream” speech, and the thirty-fifth anniversary of Dr. King’s assassination. It also marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of the revelation reversing The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’ policy of …
Beyond the 1978 Revelation
This panel explores the paradoxical situation of African-Americans within the Church since 1978 and the ambivalence about the roles assigned to blacks. As Church officials attempt to reach out to blacks through missionary efforts in predominantly black areas, many white Latter-day Saints continue to embrace and even promote certain racist concepts. How have these ideas …