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Marvin Perkins is a Latter-day Saint music producer and DVD producer.  As an African-American he has sought to change the perception of Latter-day Saints towards African-Americans and African-Americans towards Latter-day Saints.  Along with [[Darius Gray]], Perkins has produced a set of DVDs entitled ''Blacks in the Scriptures''.  He also has written a widely turned to paper entitled "How to Reach African-Americans".
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[[image: Mormon_Music_Producer_Marvin_Perkins.jpg|100px|left|alt=Mormon Music Producer Marvin Perkins| Mormon Music Producer Marvin Perkins]]Marvin Perkins is a Latter-day Saint music producer and DVD producer.  As an African-American he has sought to change the perception of Latter-day Saints towards African-Americans and African-Americans towards Latter-day Saints.  Along with [[Darius Gray]], Perkins has produced a set of DVDs entitled ''Blacks in the Scriptures''.  He also has written a widely turned to paper entitled "How to Reach African-Americans".
  
 
In June of 2008 CNN 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]].
 
In June of 2008 CNN 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]].

Revision as of 00:54, 1 October 2010

Mormon Music Producer Marvin Perkins
Marvin Perkins is a Latter-day Saint music producer and DVD producer. As an African-American he has sought to change the perception of Latter-day Saints towards African-Americans and African-Americans towards Latter-day Saints. Along with Darius Gray, Perkins has produced a set of DVDs entitled Blacks in the Scriptures. He also has written a widely turned to paper entitled "How to Reach African-Americans".

In June of 2008 CNN 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.

Brother Perkins was raised in other Christian faiths and joined the Church in his late teens.

Perkins has made CDs of hymns.

As of early 2009 Perkins serves as the Public Affairs director for the Genesis Group. He has given many presentations about Africans, primarily African-Americans although not uniquely so, and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.[1]

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