African-American Mormons Feature, Original Broadcast Date: March 31, 2006 (Show #931):

Mormon outreach in black communities was almost non-existent until 1978, when, then-President Spencer Kimball reported a revelation saying blacks could become priests. Today, African-American membership in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS) is growing in black neighborhoods and cities around the country. And though they remain a distinct minority, a few African-Americans today hold high positions in the Church. Deborah Potter explores the Church's efforts to appeal to the African-American community despite its history of excluding blacks. Ahmad Corbitt, one of the few black leaders in the LDS Church, says, "I think the appeal is the power of the Gospel on our families, a very practical appeal. Teachings that make us better human beings and better family members and the African American community needs that salvation of the family."

Featured (in alphabetical order):

Brother Iyowuna Cookey, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Philadelphia
Ahmad Corbitt (State President, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day-Saints, New Jersey
Jayne Corbitt, Wife of Ahmad Corbitt
Nicole Giles, Mormon Convert
Armand Mauss, Former President, Mormon History Association and Visiting Scholar, Claremont Graduate University, School of Religion, Claremont, California
Thomas Russell
Darron Smith, Co-Editor, "Black and Mormon"
Elder Stott, Missionary, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day-Saints