022: Black and Mormon -- The Darron Smith Story Pt. 2

In part 2 of a 3 part series, we interview Darron Smith--a black
man who joined the LDS church as a teenager in Tennessee. After
serving a mission for the LDS Church and graduating from the
University of Utah, Darron began a 10 year teaching career at
church-owned Brigham Young University. After 10 years of teaching
at BYU, Darron's employment was terminated in response to
(according to Darron) his public writings and speaking--wherein
Darron openly called for the LDS Church to apologize for, and
renounce the racists statements of past Church leaders. In this
series, Darron discusses his upbringing in the Church, provides a
brief history of Blacks within the Church, discusses his
termination from BYU, and his hopes for the LDS Church in the
future with regard to these issues.