Alvin C. Strong, former missionary in the southern United States, states that "some of the Colored People were the most religious he had ever seen, and that a number had been baptized into the Church."
Testimony of Alvin C. Strong, Minutes of evening meeting held in the Tenth Ward Chapel, Liberty Stake, March 10th 1912, Tenth Ward, Park Stake, Tenth Ward general minutes, 1849–1977, Church History Library, LR 9051 11, Vol 9, 1912–1914, 30
Sunday Evening Meeting
Minutes of evening meeting held in the Tench Ward Chapel Liberty Stake March 10th 1912 Bishop Joseph Chrstenson Presiding and Conducting . . . Sacreament administered by Bros Wm H. Strong and Andrew E. Jensen . . . Brother Alvin C. Strong spoke regarding some of His missionary experiences, and of the hospitality of the People of the south. He said that some of the Colored People were the most religious he had ever seen, and that a number had been baptized into the Church.