Alan Cherry

Alan Gerald Cherry (born 1946 - died 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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