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		<title>Lest They Forget &#8211; Inaugural Canadian Black History Summit</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Keith L. Brown]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 08 May 2016 02:01:44 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Abraham Lincoln once said, &#8220;As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy. Whatever differs from this to the extent of the difference, is no democracy.&#8221; On 1 January 1863, he issued a presidential proclamation and executive order known as the Emancipation Proclamation. Emancipation [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Mia Love, Black Mormons, and the Black Mormon Moment</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Keith L. Brown]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Dec 2014 02:51:20 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The phrase “Mormon Moment” is not new to many of us. Anyone who followed the 2012 presidential elections became very familiar with this catchphrase. With the Republican nominee, Mitt Romney, being a devout member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, many people became keenly interested in Mormonism, a religion that beforehand had [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Mia Love Sets New Precedent – Black, Mormon, Republican Congresswoman</title>
		<link>https://aboutmormons.org/6802/mia-love-sets-new-precedent-black-mormon-republican-congresswoman</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Keith L. Brown]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2014 22:55:32 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Ludmya Bourdeau Love, more commonly known as “Mia,” was born on 6 December 1975 to Mary and Jean Maxine Bourdeau in Brooklyn, New York. Her parents emigrated from Haiti in 1973 leaving their two oldest children behind. Love recalls that her birth occurred prior to the expiration of an immigration law in 1976. After the [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Catherine M. Stokes – Sister in Zion</title>
		<link>https://aboutmormons.org/4439/catherine-m-stokes-sister-zion</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Keith L. Brown]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jan 2014 00:15:21 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Catherine M. Stokes graduated from DePaul University in Chicago with a Bachelor’s degree in nursing. She served as vice-chairman of the board of trustees of the InnerCity Youth Charitable Foundation in Chicago from 1990 to 2006. In 2006, she retired as a Deputy Director for the Illinois Department of Health. After moving to Utah, she [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>&#8220;Sistas in Zion&#8221;&#8211;Mormons Having a Good Time</title>
		<link>https://aboutmormons.org/3419/sistas-in-zion-mormons-having-good-time</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Charlotte Wilson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Aug 2013 05:54:26 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[If you’re at all familiar with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (often inadvertently referred to as the Mormon church), you’ll know that the church has a bit of culture to it. Mormons have distinct cultural traditions and stereotypes. Tamu Smith and Zandra Vranes are two women who both embrace their black heritage [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Elder Edward Dube – Church of Jesus Christ First Quorum of Seventy Member</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Keith L. Brown]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Jun 2013 18:18:01 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Edward Dube was born on 12 May 1962 in Chirumanzu, Zimbabwe to Clement Dube and his wife, Rosemary. He has been a General Authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 9inadvertently referred to as the Mormon Church by the media and others) since April 2013. He is the first Zimbabwean and the [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Black History Month Celebrated by Mormons in Florida</title>
		<link>https://aboutmormons.org/2287/black-history-month-celebrated-by-mormons-in-florida</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Keith L. Brown]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Mar 2013 00:00:53 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Black History Month, also known as African-American History Month, is an annual observance in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom for remembrance of important people and events in the history of the African diaspora. It is celebrated annually in the United States and Canada in February, and the United Kingdom in October. (Source: [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Bessemer, Alabama LDS Stake Gets First Black LDS Stake President</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Keith L. Brown]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2013 14:07:13 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[According to The Birmingham News, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (more commonly referred to as the Mormon Church) has named Peter M. Johnson, who served a mission to Birmingham, Alabama from 1987 to 1989, as the Bessemer, Alabama  Stake President, the first Black regional leader for Mormons in Alabama. Johnson and his [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Black and Mormon: Sitting at the Welcome Table</title>
		<link>https://aboutmormons.org/1268/black-and-mormon-sitting-at-the-welcome-table</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Keith L. Brown]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Sep 2012 18:02:13 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[There are many people who know very little, if anything, about The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (commonly referred to as the Mormon Church), and quite a bit of what they do know about the LDS Church and its teachings and beliefs has come from critics of the Mormon religion. One of the [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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