Historian who traced racist LDS priesthood/temple ban to Brigham Young dies

Nov. 22, 1942 — Nov. 23, 2023: Lester Bush was “shunned” by fellow Latter-day Saints after publishing a landmark article that helped shape the path of the global church.

(Bush family) Lester Bush, a physician and Latter-day Saint historian, in an undated photograph. He has died at age 81.