Image: Joseph Fielding Smith
Excerpt from a 1963 Look Magazine interview with Joseph Fielding Smith:[footnote]Look Magazine, Oct 22, 1963, p. 79 [/footnote]
“I would not want you to believe that we bear any animosity toward the Negro. ‘Darkies’ are a wonderful people, and they have their place in our church.”
Crash Course:
Blacks and the Priesthood – Mormon Think
Black people in Mormon doctrine – Wikipedia
Statements about race in the Book of Mormon – Religious Tolerance
Race and the Priesthood Essay – LDS.org