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Even before Russell M. Nelson, an LDS Church president broke barriers with NAACP

The Salt Lake Tribune 15 Feb 2026
Civil rights advocate Jeanetta Williams was delighted to see a formal alliance emerge in 2018 between the NAACP and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as both institutions pledged to work for greater racial harmony. .
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NAACP president: All Christians ‘should be taken aback’ by today’s ‘toxic environment’

The Salt Lake Tribune 15 Feb 2026
In the 1960s, the NAACP was among the loudest critics of the then-policy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints excluding Black members from its all-male priesthood and its temples. .
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LDS Church President Dallin Oaks makes a controversial pick for new apostle: Clark Gilbert

The Salt Lake Tribune 13 Feb 2026
Clark G. Gilbert, the commissioner of education for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints who has drawn criticism from a number of educators in the faith’s universities, was named Thursday as the its newest apostle. .
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‘Tears’ and ‘excitement’: Boise LDS church gets nation’s first Swahili ward

Idaho Statesman 13 Feb 2026
As an African community grows in the Treasure Valley, a Swahili-language LDS congregation became the first of its kind in the U.S ... .
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California-born LDS leader elevated to higher position in the church

Desert Sun 13 Feb 2026
Will the U.S ... LDS President Dallin H ... Holland ... But what does this mean for the LDS church and California?. Who is Clark G ... Gilbert also previously served as president and CEO of Deseret News and Deseret Digital Media.What comes next for the LDS church?.
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LDS lawmaker proposes bill rooted in evangelical beliefs about Israel

The Salt Lake Tribune 12 Feb 2026
The Utah Legislature has joined a growing red state fad of introducing — and, at least in the case of Arkansas, passing — bills meant to change the way their respective governments refer to a tiny slice of land on the other side of the world. .
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More details emerge as prosecutors decline to seek charges related to Grand Blanc LDS church ...

The Flushing View 12 Feb 2026
GRAND BLANC TWP. — Genesee County Prosecutor David S. Leyton will not pursue charges against a Grand Blanc Township police officer or a state Department of Natural Resources conservation officer in the shooting death of Thomas Jacob Sanford ... .
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