It was my understanding from another site that although the LDS faith used to deny blacks priesthood, every young male normally becomes a priest during his late teen years, they found that this lead to very tough going when they decided to try expanding into the African continent. Some time around this period senior members or THE senior member of the faith had a vision that denying priesthood to blacks was wrong, and they relaxed their former discrimination. AFAIK, blacks suffer/enjoy no special treatment in the LDS faith now. Dave
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