descendants - BYU Daily Universe Skip to main content

descendants

data-content-type="article"

Two BYU professors present the story of early Latter-day Saint convert in Africa

October 22, 2024 11:13 AM
BYU professors introduced their work with the manuscript of Eli Wiggill, one of the first recorded converts to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from the continent of Africa, on Oct. 3.
overrideBackgroundColorOrImage= overrideTextColor= overrideTextAlignment= overrideCardHideSection= overrideCardHideByline= overrideCardHideDescription= overridebuttonBgColor= overrideButtonText= overrideTextAlignment=
data-content-type="article"

Descendants of BYU building namesakes, early Utah slaves respond to un-name campus buildings movement

September 04, 2020 12:00 AM
A petition to un-name BYU buildings has gained state media attention as a subset of a nationwide movement to remove monuments of proponents of slavery and racial discrimination. For many descendants of these buildings' namesakes, the movement is personal.
overrideBackgroundColorOrImage= overrideTextColor= overrideTextAlignment= overrideCardHideSection= overrideCardHideByline= overrideCardHideDescription= overridebuttonBgColor= overrideButtonText= overrideTextAlignment=