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I have heard it said that the reason most Blacks had the priesthood withheld from them throughout the late 1800s and the mid 1900s was because they were cursed with the Curse of Cain. If this is true, why did Spencer W. Kimball not mention such a curse had been lifted when gave the Official Declaration<\/a> that all worthy male members of the Church could hold the priesthood?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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