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In October 1971, Elders Gordon B. Hinckley, Thomas S. Monson, and Boyd K. Packer, under the direction of the First Presidency, established an official congregation of Latter-day Saints unlike any other the Church had ever seen or has seen since.

Amid the stirring musical performances, former and current group leaders and church leaders shared stories of the past and hope for the future.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will host a 50th anniversary celebration on. Saturday night for the Genesis Group, its organization for Black Latter-day Saints in northern Utah.

| Updated: May 13, 2021, 3:53 p.m. In the mid-1980s, Darius Gray, a leading Black Latter-day Saint, met Don Harwell in the parking lot of an Allied store in Murray. Because seeing another Black man in the mostly white suburbs of Salt Lake City was rare at the time, Gray strolled over to introduce himself and chat. They soon discovered both were members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints — a serendipitous meeting that would launch a decades-long friendship and influence genera...