‘Mormon Land’: New discovery of a prominent pioneer’s Black ancestry shows the futility of racial profiling — then and now
Historians discuss the story of James Brown Jr. — LDS leader, polygamist and early Ogden settler — who held the priesthood and received temple rites despite Brigham Young’s policy.
(FamilySearch) Capt. James Brown, who first settled Ogden, was a Latter-day Saint polygamist who participated in the faith's temple rites. New research shows he had Black ancestry.