centuryofblackmormons

Check out our now-live website! It's a digital history database that documents and recovers the voices and identities of black Mormons during the faith's first one hundred years centuryofblackmormons.org

Meet Mr. Wesley Taylor and learn more here: exhibits.lib.utah.edu/s/century-of-b…

Unfortunately, census and other vital records from the period do not offer additional clues as to Wesley Taylor's identity. Until further evidence emerges, Century of Black Mormons recognizes a Mr. Wesley Taylor as a “faithful” Latter-day Saint living in Utah in 1896.

Today we remember Wesley Taylor who was described as a faithful African American member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints who lived in Utah towards the end of his life.

@CVFreeman Thank you! I Added a new link.

@c_black_mormons FYI, the link seems to be broken.

Today we remember Mary Elizabeth "Polly" Bowdidge Berry Crowton. Polly's mother was a white convert to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from the Isle of Guernsey in the Channel Islands.

Meet Polly and learn the rest of her story here: exhibits.lib.utah.edu/s/century-of-b…

Meet Polly and learn the rest of her story here: exhibits.lib.utah.edu/.../crowton-ma…...

because of the racial restrictions that barred people of Black African ancestry from temple admission and priesthood ordination for almost 130 years. Meet Phyllis and learn the rest of her story here: exhibits.lib.utah.edu/s/century-of-b…

Her life stands as a testament to her commitment, tenacity, and the deep yearning in her heart for all the blessings promised to Latter-day Saints. It is also a witness to the pain that Black Saints experienced in their chosen faith . . .

Today we remember Philida "Phyllis" Jacoba Elizabeth February Daniels Sampson who was baptized a Latter-day Saint in South Africa in 1909. Phyllis and her family were of mixed racial ancestry, or “coloured” in South African terminology.