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Mormon leaders again meet with NAACP brass as work on joint education, jobs initiative continues

A high-level Mormon leader said in July that newly established ties between the NAACP and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints would be no “flash in the pan.”

For the third time in five months, NAACP brass have met with top Latter-day Saint authorities. The latest talks took place Friday and Saturday before the Utah-based faith’s weekend General Conference.

Department heads and staffers with the two groups “advanced conversations and efforts on their [joint] education and employment initiative,” according to a church news release. No details were released.

Before Saturday’s conference sessions, Latter-day Saint leaders, including apostles M.