The Unlikely NAACP/Latter-day Saint Alliance

Debates over how to approach racism continue to expose divisions across America, but some believe an unlikely alliance is providing a model for bridging those gaps. On Monday, the president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints walked into a news conference linked arm-in-arm with the president of the NAACP on one side and a Black former student of Martin Luther King Jr. on the other to announce a multimillion donation to the UNCF (United Negro College Fund) and other initiatives to help underprivileged Blacks and improve racial understanding.