Call to remove Joseph Smith portrait from Morehouse College Chapel


Call to remove Joseph Smith portrait from Morehouse College Chapel
Recent signers:
Michael Vides and 19 others have signed recently.
The Issue
Joseph Smith was blatantly racist. And a pedophile who married 14 year old girls and trafficked children into marriage to other older men.
- Had black church members sealed as SLAVES to him for all eternity AGAINST THEIR WILL in temple ceremonies.
- Denied black men access to the priesthood. The church continued this ban until 1978. (For context the RLDS, a break off church from the mormons, ordained black men in 1865, a century before the mainstream mormons got their shit together)
- Wrote scripture that taught that righteousness living makes your skin whiter and evil living makes your skin darker
- Taught black skin was a result of the curse of Ham and Cain
- Taught slavery was created by God as a result of that curse
- Taught slaves could not be baptized without their master's approval
The church has never reversed the sealing of Jane Elizabeth Manning James, a black woman, who was sealed as a slave to Joseph Smith. They've also never apologized.
Remove his portrait from this chapel immediately.
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Recent signers:
Michael Vides and 19 others have signed recently.
The Issue
Joseph Smith was blatantly racist. And a pedophile who married 14 year old girls and trafficked children into marriage to other older men.
- Had black church members sealed as SLAVES to him for all eternity AGAINST THEIR WILL in temple ceremonies.
- Denied black men access to the priesthood. The church continued this ban until 1978. (For context the RLDS, a break off church from the mormons, ordained black men in 1865, a century before the mainstream mormons got their shit together)
- Wrote scripture that taught that righteousness living makes your skin whiter and evil living makes your skin darker
- Taught black skin was a result of the curse of Ham and Cain
- Taught slavery was created by God as a result of that curse
- Taught slaves could not be baptized without their master's approval
The church has never reversed the sealing of Jane Elizabeth Manning James, a black woman, who was sealed as a slave to Joseph Smith. They've also never apologized.
Remove his portrait from this chapel immediately.
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Petition created on March 31, 2026