New Post has been published on Black ThenJane Manning James and African American Women in the Mormon

New Post has been published on Black Then

Jane Manning James and African American Women in the Mormon Church

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the LDS, or Mormon, Church) has long faced criticism for its treatment of its black members.  For over a century, men of African descent were not allowed to hold the LDS priesthood, even though that office was conferred on virtually all other male members of the church.  As a […]