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Black Pioneer: Mauli Bonner on Championing the Stories of Early Black Saints
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Black Pioneer: Mauli Bonner on Championing the Stories of Early Black Saints

You think pioneer day or the pioneer trek, you don't think of one, Black folks, and two, an enslaved 19-year old, the same age as our missionaries that go out, driving the first wagon. And it follows his life and helps us learn of the enslaved experience in the early Church. The film though, is on Amazon Prime under Black Pioneer. So if you're looking to go check it out, it would be Black Pioneer on Amazon Prime or His Name Is Green Flake if you go to like Deseret Book.

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