Race and the Priesthood
The pre-1978 priesthood and temple restriction on Black members and its 1978 reversal.
Also known as: Priesthood Ban · 1978 Revelation on the Priesthood
49 documents · 7 libraries · 1972–2026
Emphasis over time
Peak: 5 documents in 2016
Documents tagged with this topic each year. Libraries cover different years (Liahona starts in 2021), so the rate compares eras more fairly than the count.
Where it lives
- Interpreter10 documents
- BYU Studies9 documents
- BYU Speeches8 documents
- Religious Educator8 documents
- General Conference6 documents
- Liahona Articles6 documents
- Gospel Topics and Questions2 documents
Latest
Liahona Articles
Becca Bravo · Aug 2026
General Conference
The Power of Ministering to the One (opens in a new tab)
Peter M. Johnson · Oct 2025
Liahona Articles
What Joy the News Brought (opens in a new tab)
Jun 2025
Interpreter
Jeffrey M. Bradshaw · 2025
Liahona Articles
Martell Johnson and Ezra LaBelle · Aug 2024
BYU Speeches
Why a Church? (opens in a new tab)
Kevin S. Hamilton · Jan 2023
BYU Studies
A Prophet's Journey (opens in a new tab)
Jeffery L. Anderson and Brandon J. Metcalf · 2023
Interpreter
Adam Stokes · 2023
BYU Speeches
“Give Heed to the Words of the Prophets” (opens in a new tab)
Quentin L. Cook · Aug 2022
Interpreter
John S. Thompson · 2022
Earliest
General Conference
The Strength of the Priesthood (opens in a new tab)
Harold B. Lee · Apr 1972
Most frequent voices
- Adam Stokes2 documents
- E. Dale LeBaron2 documents
- Khumbulani D. Mdletshe2 documents
- Quentin L. Cook2 documents
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