Gray, Darius (1945)
Dates
- Existence: 1945
Biography
Darius Gray (1945-) is an African American Latter-day Saint scholar, journalist, and speaker.
Darius Gray was born in Colorado Springs, Colorado on December 12, 1945. He was a founder and president of the Genesis Group. He worked at KSL as a radio broadcaster and has worked in a variety of other positions. He co-authored several books with Margaret Young and also worked with her to make the documentary "Nobody Knows: The Untold Story of Black Mormons" (2008) about early African-American Saints.
Citation:
Young, Margaret Blair. Standing on the promises, 2000:CIP t.p. (Darius Gray) bk. t.p. (Darius Aidan Gray)Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:
Carol Kastakos Petranek comment book, 2002 February
A photocopy of the comment book kept for the Mark. E. Mitchell collection exhibit at the Washington D.C. Temple Visitor's Center in February of 2002.
Carol Kastakos Petranek compact discs on the Mark E. Mitchell exhibit, 2002
Contains six CDs documenting the Mark E. Mitchell African American History Exhibit Ribbon Cutting Ceremony, the exhibit itself, a CD entitled Serenity, and two audio CDs of narrations related to the exhibit.
Carol Kastakos Petranek photograph negatives of the Mark E. Mitchell exhibit, 2002
Contains photo negatives of the 2002 Black History Month Mark E. Mitchell Exhibit at the Washington D.C. Temple Visitor's Center.
Carol Kastakos Petranek photographs of the Mark E. Mitchell exhibit , 2002
Contains photographs of the 2002 Black History Month Mark E. Mitchell Exhibit at the Washington D.C. Temple Visitor's Center.
Carol Kastakos Petranek scrapbook and papers on Black History Month, 2002
Contains a scrapbook, photographs, correspondence, newspaper articles, invitations, CDs, and other papers documenting the Washington D.C. Temple Visitor's Center first Black History Month Mark E. Mitchell Exhibit in 2002.
Carol Kastakos Petranek scrapbook on Black History Month, 2002 February
One scrapbook containing photographs, fliers, and articles of the first Black History Month exhibit at the Washington D.C. Temple Visitor's Center in February of 2002. Photographs include photos of Darius Gray, Margaret Young, Mark E. Mitchell, James Johnson and Frederick Douglass IV. Discussion of the Genesis Group is included.
The Church and the Negro : past, present, and future
Sound recording of lecture by Darius Gray on the relationship between the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and the African American community, given at Utah State University in 1970. The recording is approximately forty minutes long.