THE BLACKS AND THE PRIESTHOOD, Part 2 of Chapter 13 of The Church and The Gospel

THE BLACKS AND THE PRIESTHOOD, Part 2 of Chapter 13 of The Church and The Gospel by Ogden Kraut 

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The 1978 Announcement

However, less than a year after President Kimball made this statement at BYU, a news release by the First Presidency made the following announcement:

All worthy male members of the Church may be ordained to the priesthood without regard for race or color. (Des. News, June 9, 1978, front page)

On June 8th a letter had been issued to Church general and local Priesthood members with this same information. However, neither announcement contained a copy of a revelation from God instructing that such a change should take place.

News of the change was welcomed and hailed around the world! It was apparent that enough pressure had been put on the Church hierarchy to get the desired results.