‘Joseph Smith was Lincoln before Lincoln’ — Black college honors the LDS founder

A portrait of church founder Joseph Smith Jr. has been added to Morehouse College’s International Hall of Honor in Atlanta — ...

This day in history: The Latter-Day Saints set off for Utah

On February 4, 1846, members of the church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints began their journey west from Nauvoo, ...
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Mormon Church Admits Founder Joseph Smith Had Up To 40 Wives

In an essay posted without fanfare to its website in late October, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints said for the first time that Joseph Smith, founder of the Mormon church, had as many ...
The Korea Herald

Mormon founder Joseph Smith had as many as 40 wives

WASHINGTON (AFP) ― The founder of Mormonism, which for decades allowed polygamy, had as many as 40 wives including one who was only 14, the U.S.-based church has acknowledged. Joseph Smith (1805-1844) ...
The Sun Chronicle

Author Series takes a look at Joseph Smith, Mormon Church

The Friends of the Boyden Library's Spring Author Series, Plus One! continues on Thursday, March 19 with a talk by noted author and journalist Alex Beam in the Library's Community Meeting Room at 7 ...
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American crucifixion : the murder of Joseph Smith and the fate of the Mormon church / Alex Beam

Flight -- Part 1. "In Illinois we've found a safe retreat-- ". King Joseph ; Zion, Illinois ; Everybody hates the Mormons ; Polygamy and its discontents -- Part 2. "Oh! Illinois! thy soil has drank ...
Reuters

CORRECTED-Mormon church admits founder Joseph Smith had about 40 wives

Nov 11 (Reuters) - The Mormon church has said that founder Joseph Smith married about 40 women including a 14-year-old and others who were already the wives of his followers, having publicly portrayed ...