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Alan Cherry

1946–2024

United States

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Alan Gerald Cherry (February 14, 1946 – July 4, 2024) was one of the few African American converts to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) prior to the 1978 revelation allowing Black Mormon men to become priests. From 1985-1989, he was director of Brigham Young University's African-American Oral History Project, and recorded interviews with over 200 African-Americans converts to Mormonism across the United States.

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