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Why Famous African-American Leader Booker T. Washington Defended Mormonism

In April 1913, Booker T. Washington did The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints a favor.

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Does God Care Who Wins the Super Bowl? New Survey Reveals

Does God care who wins Super Bowl 50? Does He determine the outcome? What are your thoughts? Do you agree with most Americans?

Latter-day Saint Life

Mormon Added to List of Possible Trump Vice Presidents, Her Response

Utah Congresswoman Mia Love has quite the list of historic firsts: the first Haitian-American in Congress, the first black female Republican in Congress, and the first African-American congress member from Utah.

Latter-day Saint Life

Smithsonian Displays Rare Mormon Artifacts

If you visit the Smithsonian, you might just see rare Mormon artifacts, like an original manuscript of the Book of Mormon, an 1830 first edition of the Book of Mormon, rare Mormon gold coins, and two Kirtland Safety Society notes from 1837.

Tickets Now Available for Special Tabernacle Choir Concert

The Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square will present “From the Treasury of American Song,” under the direction of Mack Wilberg, as the closing concert of the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA) Conference on Saturday, February 28 at 8:00 p.m. in the Conference Center. The public is invited! Free tickets are available beginning Tuesday, January 27, at 10:00 a.m., first come, first served, at www.lds.org/events or over the phone at 801-570-0080 or 1-866-537-8457. There is a limit of four tickets per person.

Famous Latter-day Saints

LDS Female Wrestler Takes Silver at Pan Am Games

Thanlia Mallqui, a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, was awarded a silver medal for wrestling at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto.

Is 2012 good for the Mormons?

What are we to think, now that a Mormon has clinched the presidential nomination of one of America’s two major parties? The respectable Victorian men who ruled America’s politics during the 1912 election would have been stricken with chills at the thought of a presidential election a century hence pitting a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints against an African American. So looked at in one way, the 2012 election – like the 2008 – signals that America does seem to be a melting pot. African Americans and Mormons alike – like Catholics before them – once reviled and suspect minorities, are now capable participants in American public life.

Church History Museum unveils new children's exhibit

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints unveiled a new interactive history exhibit today designed specifically for families. “The Book of Mormon exhibit represents a higher caliber exhibit than we’ve ever done before,” said D. Kurt Graham, Church History Museum director. “It is the first step in reimagining the museum.”

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The LDS Double Leg Amputee Who Is Breaking American Records in Swimming

By Katie Lambert

Brickelle Bro's hand slid into the water one last time just before she hit the pressure-sensitive timing device on the pool wall.

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Watch the Church’s celebration of Latin American culture on Nov. 9

By Emily Linder

This weekend will be the 22nd “Luz de las Naciones,” a celebration of Latin American culture hosted by the Church.