Marvin Perkins is an American
Latter-day Saint record and video producer. As an
African-American he has sought to change the perceptions of Latter-day Saints towards African-Americans, and African-Americans towards Latter-day Saints. Along with
Darius Gray
Darius Gray is an African-American Latter-day Saint speaker and writer.
Gray was born in Colorado Springs, Colorado. He joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) in 1964. He attended Brigham Young University for one yea ...
, Perkins has produced a set of DVDs titled ''Blacks in the Scriptures''. He also has written a paper titled "How to Reach African-Americans".
In June 2008,
CNN aired an interview with Perkins, in which he was able to vocally explain his faith in the teachings of
the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church).
Perkins was raised in other Christian faiths and joined the LDS Church in his late teenage years.
Perkins has made CDs of hymns.
Perkins is involved with public affairs for the LDS Church's
Genesis Group, a social organization for black Latter-day Saints.
See also
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Blacks and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Over the past two centuries, the relationship between black people and Mormonism has included both official and unofficial discrimination.
From the mid-1800s to 1978, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) prevented most ...
References
External links
Perkins's article on sharing the gospel with African-AmericansJune 22, 2008 article from ''Mormon Times'' on Perkins
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1963 births
African-American Latter Day Saints
African-American record producers
Converts to Mormonism
Latter Day Saints from Utah
Living people
Mormonism and race
21st-century African-American people
20th-century African-American people