The zealot defenders of blacks and the priesthood

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Originally Posted by OrangeUte

I have been avidly interested in this issue for many, many years. Having served a mission in Africa, I was drawn to the history of this issue by the many questions I was posed, both from white and black members and non-member investigators. I think the points you have made are very well taken.

How has the white membership in South Africa handled the 1978 revelation? Did you find that they viewed it as favorably as we do, or were there some older folks murmuring?

Another question I have is how did the church handle the post revelation but pre-abolition of S. African apartheid days there? Did apartheid ensure that blacks and whites did not live close enough to be in the same branches/wards/stakes? Or were our black and white congregations meeting together before apartheid ended?