Category: Family History
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Church, NAACP help youth connect to Black history through Freedom School
Members of the Collin County NAACP and Plano Texas Stake leadership pause for a picture at the conclusion of Freedom School — an event teaching middle schoolers about Black history — on July 26, 2025, in Plano, Texas. The Collin Country NAACP organized the event with support from The Church…
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June is Black Music Month
Written by the Editor: Larry Lewis The History of Black Music Month in the United States Each June, the United States celebrates Black Music Month—a time set aside to honor the profound influence of Black musicians, composers, and performers across every genre of American music. From the soulful rhythms of…
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My Long Awaited Day
A Faithful Call for True Reconciliation in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints By Dana KingJune 1, 2025 Part 1 – The Truth About Us When I was nine years old, I felt God’s unmistakable voice tell me that this was His Church. I was baptized a convert…
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The Untold Stories of Black Pioneers – Part 3
Winter Quarters Visitors Center February 1, 2025By: Rachel Leavitt Walking through Untold stories at Winter Quarters, where the past felt both painful and hopeful, I was struck by the weight of history and the responsibility to acknowledge it truthfully while honoring the voices of those who have long been silenced.…
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The Untold Stories of Black Pioneers – Part 2
Winter Quarters Visitors Center February 1, 2025By: Marian North I visited the Winter Quarters Visitor Center many years ago. At the time, the exhibits filled me with wonder as I considered the amazing stories of hardship, tragedy, and triumph over adversity of the Mormon pioneers. Many of the stories I heard…
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Thoughts on The Untold Stories of Black Pioneers
By: Carolyn Cannon Jenkins What better way to begin celebrating Black History Month than to travel to The Mormon Trail Center at Winter Quarters to learn about the Black pioneers, most enslaved, who were an important part of the history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. On…
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Kinfolk Konversations a Beginning
Join us January 26 6pm MT, 7pm CT for the start of an ongoing conversation about our Black Pioneer ancestors, and how their lives and struggles mirror and can be an example for the struggle Black Latter Day Saints face today. This year of study of the Doctrine and Covenants…
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Sema Hadithi African American Cultural Foundation
Black Lives Bless would like to spotlight the work of Sema Hadithi African American Cultural Foundation by highlighting their website https://semahadithifoundation.org/ . This spotlight was contributed to Black Lives Bless by Carolyn Cannon Jenkins, a volunteer Black Lives Bless content contributor. One of my “end of the year” resolutions is…
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Family History Fair in Tyler, Texas
Written by Carolyn Jenkins The weekend of October 12th, 2024, four members of the groups Black Lives Bless (BLB) and Decedents for Racial Reconciliation traveled to the 22nd Annual Family History Fair in Tyler, Texas. Our main purpose in attending the conference was to spend time with Lynne Jackson, the…
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The Church Renovates Catholic School in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
“What the Church has done for our school is much more than a simple renovation. It has given our children a future.” Kinshasa, October 18th, 2024. With a sense of gratitude and fulfillment, and in a festive atmosphere, the Bobokoli Institute EP2, a Catholic school located in the commune of…
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