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- Alan_Cherry comment "Alan Gerald Cherry (born 1946) is an African American who in the 1960s had the courage to join the Latter-day Saint, against opposition. He was inspired by that period's general black surge toward greater freedom and opportunity.Blacks were and to some lesser extent still are rare among Mormons. In those days Mormon practice prohibited women of all races and black males from serving as priests, but Cherry proudly chose to serve his God on whatever terms available.".