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MSS 7752 Series 17
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African American Oral History Project transcripts, case files, and other material
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African American Oral History Project. -- Cherry, Alan Gerald
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1985-1993
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Contains contracts from and contact information for participants in the African American Oral History Project, as well as the original audio recordings of the oral history interviews, and transcripts for those interviews. Topics covered in the oral histories include family life, conversion to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, dating and social experiences as a member, family life, acceptance by other members, feelings about the priesthood and the prior restrictions, and how life changed for African Americans after the 1978 revelation about the priesthood, 1985-1993.