Marvin Perkins is a Latter-day Saint music producer and DVD producer. As an African-American he has sought to change the perceptions of Latter-day Saints towards African-Americans and African-Americans towards Latter-day Saints. Along with Darius Gray

Darius Gray

Darius Gray is an African-American Latter-day Saint speaker and writer.Gray was born in Colorado Springs, Colorado. He joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the mid-1960s and then attended Brigham Young University for a year...

, Perkins has produced a set of DVDs entitled Blacks in the Scriptures. He also has written a paper entitled "How to Reach African-Americans".

In June 2008, CNN

CNN

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 aired an interview with Perkins in which he was able to vocally explain his faith in the teachings of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church).

Perkins was raised in other Christian faiths and joined the LDS Church in his late teenage years.

Perkins has made CDs of hymns.

Perkins is involved with public affairs for the LDS Church's Genesis Group

Genesis Group

The Genesis Group is a social organization of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for African American members and their families. It was first organized in Salt Lake City, Utah in 1971 to provide members an organization where they could affiliate with fellow African American members. ...

, a social organization for black Latter-day Saints.

Sources

• Perkins's article on sharing the gospel with African-Americans
• June 22, 2008 article from Mormon Times on Perkins
• listing about Perkins' CDs

See also

• Blacks and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
  Blacks and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
  From 1849 to 1978, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints had a policy against ordaining black men of African descent to the priesthood. Whereas other churches usually have full-time salaried clergy of whom individual members are often the chief minister to several families, in the LDS...