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Lester Earl Bush Jr. (November 22, 1942-November 23, 2023 ) was a historian and member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (LDS Church) who published influential research into the origins of the "Negro doctrine," a now-abandoned church policy which excluded African-Americans from membership in the church's priesthood and from participation in a number of other church practices.
Lester was born on November 22, 1942 in Atlanta, Ga., to Lester Earl Bush Sr. and Edna Karston Bush. A track athlete and musician, Lester received his medical degree from the University of Virginia and served in the Navy as lieutenant commander, Medical Corps before working at the CIA, where he led as deputy director and director of medical services for nearly two decades.
Nov 23, 2023 · November 23, 2023. Pioneering Mormon Studies scholar Lester Bush passed away November 23, 2023. Condolences to his friends and family from all of us at Dialogue. He will be greatly missed. Please see his author page for a list of his important, impactful scholarly works at Dialogue. We are pleased to present this lovely reminiscence from Gary ...
Dec 3, 2023 · Lester Earl Bush, Jr. passed away November 23, 2023, with his wife of 56 years, Yvonne, by his side. Lester was born on November 22, 1942 in Atlanta, GA to Lester Earl Bush Sr. and Edna Karston ...
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Obituary. Bush Lester Earl Bush Jr. (Age 81) Lester Earl Bush, Jr. passed away November 23, 2023, with his wife of 56 years, Yvonne, by his side. Lester was born on November 22, 1942 in Atlanta ...
- November 22, 1942
- November 23, 2023
2018: Lester Bush, “Looking Back, Looking Forward: “Mormonism’s Negro Doctrine” 45 Years Later” Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought, Vol 51 No. 3 (2018):1–28. It has been forty-five years since Dialogue published Bush’s essay entitled “Mormonism’s Negro Doctrine: An Historical Overview”2 and forty years since Official Declaration 2 ended the priesthood/temple ban.
Lester Earl Bush Jr. was a historian and member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints who published influential research into the origins of the "Negro doctrine," a now-abandoned church policy which excluded African-Americans from membership in the church's priesthood and from participation in a number of other church practices. He also published historical research into other ...
