Following the 1978 revelation, the LDS Church rescinded the ban preventing blacks from receiving priesthood & temple ordinances. Marion D Hanks was against the ban. Dr Matt Harris utilized Hanks’ journals to document how general authorities reacted to the new 1978 revelation. Rich Hanks details more about his father’s resistance to the ban and his elation at overturning the ban. Check out our conversation…

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