Conference planned by black Mormons will feature black Mormons, talking about black LDS history and experiences

It’s an auspicious time for black Mormons, with an approaching anniversary that will be honored in workshops, conferences, speeches and celebrations throughout 2018.This year marks four decades since the June 1978 end to the LDS Church’s ban on black men and boys being ordained to its all-male priesthood and on black girls and women being excluded from Mormon temples.Alluding to the Israelites’ biblical sojourn in the wilderness, a group of African-American Mormons organized a