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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Letter of First Presidency Clarifies Church&#039;s Position on the Negro]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Blacks+and+priesthood.">Blacks and priesthood.</a>]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[The LDS First Presidency&#039;s letter extends friendship and fellowship to people of color but upholds the existing priesthood ban instituted by Joseph Smith.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:creator><![CDATA[<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=39&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=The+First+Presidency+of+the+Church+of+Jesus+Christ+of+Latter-Day+Saints">The First Presidency of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints</a>]]></dcterms:creator>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[Utah State University Special Collections &amp; Archives. MSS John Fitzgerald Papers 102, Box: 28, Folder: 1.<br />
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    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=45&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=USU+Digital+Initatives">USU Digital Initatives</a>]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[1969-12-15]]></dcterms:date>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Mormons and the Mark of Cain]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Blacks+and+priesthood.">Blacks and priesthood.</a>]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[This is an article explaining the Mormon doctrine behind the priesthood ban on men of color (in existence before 1978).]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:creator><![CDATA[<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=39&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Time+Magazine">Time Magazine</a>]]></dcterms:creator>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[Utah State University Special Collections &amp; Archives.  LJAHA MSS 1, Box: 40, Folder: 3, Item: 38.]]></dcterms:source>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=45&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=USU+Digital+Initiatives">USU Digital Initiatives</a>]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[1970-01]]></dcterms:date>
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