"Race Problems--As They Affect the Church" (Ms 376)

University of Utah Marriott Library, Manuscripts Division


"Race Problems--As They Affect the Church" (1954) is a 19-page typescript of the text of a talk, given at the Convention of Teachers of Religion on the College Level (held at Brigham Young University), by Mark E. Petersen (1900-1984), then an apostle of the Mormon Church. Topics discussed in the address include Petersen's belief that African Americans wanted "absorption with the white race," and Mormon Church policies regarding miscegenation. A register is available.