BYU explores ‘unsettling truths’ about slavery in early Utah and the hope of LDS racial reconciliation

Conference shines a light on racism in the school’s early curriculum; the showdown between church President Brigham Young and apostle Orson Pratt; indentured Native American servants; and how family history can heal and help make connections.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Lita Little Giddins, with BYU's Office of Belonging, attends the Brigham Young University conference on “Truth and Reconciliation,” which presented research on the history of race and slavery at BYU on Friday, Feb. 16, 2024.