‘Mormon Land’: Black priesthood ban didn’t come from God or Joseph Smith

In his new book, Latter-day Saint historian W. Paul Reeve spells out how Brigham Young, in blunt and bigoted language, instituted a racist policy that lasted for more than a century.

(The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) Joseph Smith, left, and Brigham Young, the first two leaders of the Latter-day Saint faith. Smith put in place no racial restrictions on members; Young did.

‘Mormon Land’: Black priesthood ban didn’t come from God or Joseph Smith

In his new book, Latter-day Saint historian W. Paul Reeve spells out how Brigham Young, in blunt and bigoted language, instituted a racist policy that lasted for more than a century.

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