Right after the Mormon church gave blacks the priesthood, a polygamous offshoot saw its ranks grow

(Tribune file photo) Owen Allred, then leader of the Apostolic United Brethren, in 1988.

(Tribune file photo) Owen Allred, then leader of the Apostolic United Brethren, in 1988.

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