was previously a black Baptist minister who was visited

by a pair of Mormon missionaries who wanted to teach him the Gospel. He was humble enough to not send them away, and listened to their message. He tells how he lost friends when he was baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, how he felt when he first started attending the Church, in addition to how this has become a great blessing in his life. His message is educational and inspiring. Click here to listen to a sample.

is known for her humility and wonderful spirit

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(you will sense this when you hear her speak). She relates her background in being a member of the Baptist and Pentecostal churches. She later became an ordained minister of the Pentecostal Church and tells how she became dissatisfied with the teachings of these churches and was led to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She tells of how she sat in a ward, as the only black member. She relates how the other members showed love to her and how the Church has blessed her life. Click here to listen to a sample.

tells the amazing story of Jane Manning James Randall Silas

and how she and her family walked 800 miles from Connecticut to Nauvoo, Illinois. He relates stories from her journal about how Joseph Smith, lived with his family, how she felt when he was martyred and how she and her husband Issac James were married and made the journey from Nauvoo into the Salt Lake Valley. Brother Silas then tells of his family's conversion to the Church and how it has blessed his life.

relates the story of the Mississippi Mormon Pioneers Jackie Franklin

(some of which were black) some of which were the first to enter the Salt Lake Valley. Sister Franklin tells how she joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and the points of doctrine that touched her as a black individual. She further tells of how her children and husband came to be members of the Church.

President Blakely, provides an introduction to this fireside by Larry Blakely

telling of the black's legacy in the early church and how the historical information was gathered. He then relates the story of Samuel Chambers who was baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints while yet a slave, in the mid 1800's by Mormon missionaries and remained faithful for 30 years having no contact with the Church. After becoming a free man, he and family traveled by wagon so they could live in the Salt Lake Valley with the Latter-day Saints.