Barbara Kennedy Law describes discussions of her father, David M. Kennedy, with President Spencer W. Kimball about lifting the priesthood and temple restriction from sub-Saharan Africa.

Date
2010
Type
Audio/Video Media
Source
Barbara Kennedy Law
LDS
Hearsay
Direct
Reference

Statement of Barbara Kennedy Law, daughter of David M. Kennedy, from film transcript made by BHR staff of The Kennedy Way, film directed by Dodge Billingsley, 00:41:16 (Provo, UT: The Kennedy Center at Brigham Young University, 2010) at 00:34:21–57, accessed June 22, 2023

Scribe/Publisher
The Kennedy Center at Brigham Young University
People
Dodge Billingsley, Spencer W. Kimball, David M. Kennedy, Barbara Kennedy Law
Audience
General Public
Transcription

Each time they met to discuss where in the world he needed to go next, Brother Kennedy would place his hand over the African continent on the large globe in the office and say, “However, you know we can’t open up Africa, because of the priesthood.” As President Kimball and Brother Kennedy passed by the office a few days following the revelation on the priesthood given in 1978, the prophet said, “You can take your hand off Africa now.”

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