Commentary: There’s another part of the Mormon church’s former ban on black men from receiving the priesthood that we shouldn’t forget
We cannot forget the racial restriction’s effects on men, women and children who could not partake in ordinances that made families eternal.
(Jeremy Harmon | The Salt Lake Tribune) President Russell M. Nelson of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints appears with NAACP leaders Leon Russell, center, and Derrick Johnson on May 17, 2018, where the two groups emphasized a need for greater civility and called for an end to prejudice.