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In the early 1970s, BYU opened up a brand-new law school. I was surprised to learn that the American Bar Association considered not accrediting the
Following the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the federal government tried to put pressure on the LDS Church to quit discriminating against blacks with regards
In the late 1960s & early 1970s, there were many protests by colleges over the racial ban on priesthood in the LDS Church. Some schools,
Over the years, BYU is known as being predominantly white, and overwhelmingly Mormon. How do black and non-LDS students fare at BYU? In our next
An under-appreciated story in explaining the priesthood and temple ban was President Spencer W. Kimball’s announcement of a new temple in Brazil. In our next
Dr. Quincy Newell discusses early black Mormon pioneer Jane Manning’s marriage to Isaac James. The two travelled to Utah in one of the earliest wagon
Early black Mormon pioneer Jane Manning James walked 800 miles to Nauvoo. Quincy: Her trunk got lost, at least that’s what Charles Wandell says. In
Dr. Quincy Newell is the first non-Mormon scholar we’ve had on Gospel Tangents. Of course, I had to ask why she was interested in Mormon
