The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Days Saints first ordained Blacks to the priesthood in 1832, which means Blacks were put in leadership positions over Whites. The LDS church suffered intense persecution for this. How many other churches were putting Blacks in similar leadership in 1832? How about 1932? How about 1950? How about 1970?
Seth Gitell, along with many other writers, are mistaken to believe that the Church "first allowed black priests in 1978."
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