Comments on: The Making of Nobody Knows: The Untold Story of Black Mormons, Part 1 http://www.juvenileinstructor.org/the-making-of-nobody-knows-the-untold-story-of-black-mormons-part-1/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:20:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Juvenile Instructor » “I Was Told That It Was True, and It Was a Marvelous Day” http://www.juvenileinstructor.org/the-making-of-nobody-knows-the-untold-story-of-black-mormons-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-103837 Juvenile Instructor » “I Was Told That It Was True, and It Was a Marvelous Day” Mon, 31 Jan 2011 16:29:33 +0000 http://www.juvenileinstructor.org/the-making-of-nobody-knows-the-untold-story-of-black-mormons-part-1/#comment-103837 [...] earlier posts on the priesthood ban or on this film, see here, here, here, and here. Comments (29) [...] [...] earlier posts on the priesthood ban or on this film, see here, here, here, and here. Comments (29) [...]

]]> By: chester lee hawkins http://www.juvenileinstructor.org/the-making-of-nobody-knows-the-untold-story-of-black-mormons-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-75294 chester lee hawkins Mon, 19 Jul 2010 14:10:51 +0000 http://www.juvenileinstructor.org/the-making-of-nobody-knows-the-untold-story-of-black-mormons-part-1/#comment-75294 I certainly enjoyed your Post immensely. I have not yet seen the Documentary, and would love to have seen it. Yesterday (July 18, 2010), after Church, I approached several people of whom I thought were educated, about whether they know anything about the History of early African-Americans in the Church, and whether they have heard of Margaret Young and Darius Gray? I was totally surprised to receive their response, "No." The reason why I was surprised, is I attends a highly educated Ward in Arlington, Virginia, I was sure that I could find some knowledgeable persons on the History of Blacks in the Church. I am an African-American member and have been since September 17, 1977. Been researching on the subject matter since my days at Brigham Young University in 1981, and continued doing more research. Fascinating stuff to learn from, and enjoyed learning more. I think the we need to have this available to our Stake Libraries, so that it can be made available to the Wards, as well as to members who would desire to view it in a group setting or a Fireside. There are many ways that this Documentary can be shown. I am a retired Librarian with the United States Senate's Library, and that's why I think that our Stake Libraries should have this DVD in their collections. I will attempt to approach my own Stake Librarian about this DVD. Stay tuned for additional response soon. Sorry for writing a long blog, but I do want you to know thatI do appreciate and enjoyed reading your Post. Have a great day, and keep up with helping others to appreciate the rich history of people of color in the early years (1830- and on) of the Church. Chester Lee Hawkins I certainly enjoyed your Post immensely. I have not yet seen the Documentary, and would love to have seen it. Yesterday (July 18, 2010), after Church, I approached several people of whom I thought were educated, about whether they know anything about the History of early African-Americans in the Church, and whether they have heard of Margaret Young and Darius Gray? I was totally surprised to receive their response, “No.” The reason why I was surprised, is I attends a highly educated Ward in Arlington, Virginia, I was sure that I could find some knowledgeable persons on the History of Blacks in the Church. I am an African-American member and have been since September 17, 1977. Been researching on the subject matter since my days at Brigham Young University in 1981, and continued doing more research. Fascinating stuff to learn from, and enjoyed learning more. I think the we need to have this available to our Stake Libraries, so that it can be made available to the Wards, as well as to members who would desire to view it in a group setting or a Fireside. There are many ways that this Documentary can be shown. I am a retired Librarian with the United States Senate’s Library, and that’s why I think that our Stake Libraries should have this DVD in their collections. I will attempt to approach my own Stake Librarian about this DVD. Stay tuned for additional response soon. Sorry for writing a long blog, but I do want you to know thatI do appreciate and enjoyed reading your Post. Have a great day, and keep up with helping others to appreciate the rich history of people of color in the early years (1830- and on) of the Church.

Chester Lee Hawkins

]]> By: John B Sheffield http://www.juvenileinstructor.org/the-making-of-nobody-knows-the-untold-story-of-black-mormons-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-2920 John B Sheffield Fri, 22 Feb 2008 18:51:06 +0000 http://www.juvenileinstructor.org/the-making-of-nobody-knows-the-untold-story-of-black-mormons-part-1/#comment-2920 Margaret and Darius are both so Truly Blessed! they are really "Manna from Heaven" unto me personally, they have always been such a GIFT everything they work on is always so Positive and Honest. Being in the UK though I have all of Margaret and Darius's works so far I have not seen "Nobody Knows: The Untold Story of Black Mormons" but I know I will and the Blessings will be many. If you get the chance to see this documentary please do so, you will not regret it. John Margaret and Darius are both so Truly Blessed! they are really “Manna from Heaven” unto me personally, they have always been such a GIFT everything they work on is always so Positive and Honest.

Being in the UK though I have all of Margaret and Darius’s works so far I have not seen “Nobody Knows: The Untold Story of Black Mormons” but I know I will and the Blessings will be many.

If you get the chance to see this documentary please do so, you will not regret it.

John

]]> By: Margaret Young http://www.juvenileinstructor.org/the-making-of-nobody-knows-the-untold-story-of-black-mormons-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-2881 Margaret Young Thu, 21 Feb 2008 03:46:27 +0000 http://www.juvenileinstructor.org/the-making-of-nobody-knows-the-untold-story-of-black-mormons-part-1/#comment-2881 Stephen--I'm sorry I never answered that. I have not run across Richard Otieno. I'll have to ask Darius if he knows him. I was so glad that Darius could come to the presentation last night. I believe there were some in the audience who really needed to hear what he had to say. (He told about learning he wouldn't be able to hold the priesthood--the night before his baptism. The rest of the story is in the doc.) It does strengthen young people to hear that story, since they have rarely contemplated what it must've been like pre-1978. Stephen–I’m sorry I never answered that. I have not run across Richard Otieno. I’ll have to ask Darius if he knows him.

I was so glad that Darius could come to the presentation last night. I believe there were some in the audience who really needed to hear what he had to say. (He told about learning he wouldn’t be able to hold the priesthood–the night before his baptism. The rest of the story is in the doc.) It does strengthen young people to hear that story, since they have rarely contemplated what it must’ve been like pre-1978.

]]> By: Ray http://www.juvenileinstructor.org/the-making-of-nobody-knows-the-untold-story-of-black-mormons-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-2876 Ray Thu, 21 Feb 2008 02:04:56 +0000 http://www.juvenileinstructor.org/the-making-of-nobody-knows-the-untold-story-of-black-mormons-part-1/#comment-2876 Fascinating, Margaret. Thanks for sharing. Fascinating, Margaret. Thanks for sharing.

]]> By: stan http://www.juvenileinstructor.org/the-making-of-nobody-knows-the-untold-story-of-black-mormons-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-2875 stan Thu, 21 Feb 2008 01:07:06 +0000 http://www.juvenileinstructor.org/the-making-of-nobody-knows-the-untold-story-of-black-mormons-part-1/#comment-2875 Thanks for this Margaret. I enjoyed seeing clips of the film at your presentation last night and look forward to seeing the entire film. And thank you for inviting Darius Gray up to answer questions. His stories and thoughts were very moving--I could have stayed and listened for hours. Thanks for this Margaret. I enjoyed seeing clips of the film at your presentation last night and look forward to seeing the entire film. And thank you for inviting Darius Gray up to answer questions. His stories and thoughts were very moving–I could have stayed and listened for hours.

]]> By: Christopher http://www.juvenileinstructor.org/the-making-of-nobody-knows-the-untold-story-of-black-mormons-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-2874 Christopher Thu, 21 Feb 2008 01:05:31 +0000 http://www.juvenileinstructor.org/the-making-of-nobody-knows-the-untold-story-of-black-mormons-part-1/#comment-2874 Thanks for the write-up, Margaret. It was nice to meet you in person last night. The clips you showed made me even more eager for the Ogden screening in a couple of weeks. Thanks for the write-up, Margaret. It was nice to meet you in person last night. The clips you showed made me even more eager for the Ogden screening in a couple of weeks.

]]> By: Stephen M (Ethesis) http://www.juvenileinstructor.org/the-making-of-nobody-knows-the-untold-story-of-black-mormons-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-2872 Stephen M (Ethesis) Thu, 21 Feb 2008 00:55:14 +0000 http://www.juvenileinstructor.org/the-making-of-nobody-knows-the-untold-story-of-black-mormons-part-1/#comment-2872 Margaret, Following up on my e-mail, did you ever run across Richard Otieno? Thanks! Margaret,

Following up on my e-mail, did you ever run across Richard Otieno?

Thanks!

]]> By: Ben http://www.juvenileinstructor.org/the-making-of-nobody-knows-the-untold-story-of-black-mormons-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-2865 Ben Wed, 20 Feb 2008 22:39:19 +0000 http://www.juvenileinstructor.org/the-making-of-nobody-knows-the-untold-story-of-black-mormons-part-1/#comment-2865 Thank you for this, Margaret. I thoroughly enjoyed your presentation on the documentary last night. My favorite line was when you said that "We had come to expect Manna from Heaven." Such should be expected for such a worthy project. Thank you for this, Margaret. I thoroughly enjoyed your presentation on the documentary last night. My favorite line was when you said that “We had come to expect Manna from Heaven.” Such should be expected for such a worthy project.

]]> By: Margaret Young http://www.juvenileinstructor.org/the-making-of-nobody-knows-the-untold-story-of-black-mormons-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-2864 Margaret Young Wed, 20 Feb 2008 22:37:16 +0000 http://www.juvenileinstructor.org/the-making-of-nobody-knows-the-untold-story-of-black-mormons-part-1/#comment-2864 Oops--looks like I failed to say that Rob Foster was the first Black studentbody president at BYU. There had been other black studentbody presidents at other universities. Duh. Oops–looks like I failed to say that Rob Foster was the first Black studentbody president at BYU. There had been other black studentbody presidents at other universities. Duh.

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