A decade ago, I was writing historical novels about black Latter-day Saints history. I was contextualizing the death of Mary Ann Adams Abel, wife of black LDS priest (ordained by Joseph Smith) Elijah ...

The president of the Genesis Group, a Black LDS support organization, and other Black members say racist remarks and threats ...

SALT LAKE CITY — The Mormon church on Friday will celebrate the 40th anniversary of reversing its ban on Black people serving in the lay priesthood, going on missions or getting married in temples, ...

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, popularly known as the Mormon church, has a troubled history with racial discrimination. Mormons Grapple With Church's History Of Discrimination Amid ...

Growing up Mormon in rural Alabama sheltered me from many lessons that my friends and cousins had learned at an even younger age—some trivial (like how to cuss) and some more vital (like how to stand ...

All "Mormon Elder-Berry's" children -- "The new race" -- Red, white, and Mormon : "ingratiating themselves with the Indians" -- Red, white, and Mormon : white Indians ...

In an online report, the Mormon Church opened the books on its history of exclusion, continuing to disavow previous teachings that banned black priests. The 2,000-word statement published on the ...

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Mormon church has issued its most comprehensive explanation yet about its past exclusion of blacks from the priesthood. The statement disavowing previous teachings was posted ...