Last week’s post on Brigham Young and racism sparked an interesting discussion about Mormonism and race. I just learned that those of us who are lucky enough to live in Cincinnati (best city in the Midwest, I kid you not) have the opportunity to learn more about race in Mormon history from one of the world’s most expert sources.

BYU professor and author Margaret Young will lecture in Cincinnati on Friday afternoon.

Margaret Blair Young, a BYU professor who has spent more than a decade researching and writing about blacks in Mormon history — often with her co-author Darius Gray, a founder of the Genesis Group — will be speaking here this weekend a couple of times.

On Friday afternoon, Margaret will be speaking at the University of Cincinnati’s Tangeman University Center at 2:00 on black Mormon pioneers, including those who were enslaved and those who were freeborn.

Then on Sunday evening, April 27, she’ll be doing a fireside at the Montgomery LDS Stake Center at 6:30 p.m.

I am bummed that I can’t go on Sunday, because I’m sure it will be a fascinating talk and Margaret is a lovely person. I’m trying to switch an appointment so I can attend on Friday.

I loved the documentary Nobody Knows: The Untold Story of Black Mormons, which Margaret and Darius co-produced. Here’s the  trailer for the movie. (Darius is the man at the piano in the green vest.) Enjoy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0S4gOqkxPQ