![The Mormon church is still grappling with a racial past.](https://ibw21.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/mormons-confront-a-history-of-church-racism-1.jpg)
By Matthew Bowman, The Conversation — On June 1 of this year, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints – or the Mormons – will celebrate the 40th anniversary of what they believe to be a revelation from God. This revelation to the then-President of the Church Spencer W. Kimball – which is known as “Official Declaration 2” – reversed longstanding restrictions placed on people of black African descent in the…