Lusa said:
For nearly 150 years, the Mormon Church taught that all blacks were cursed. Hence, a black Mormon male could not hold the highly regarded LDS Priesthoodbecause of his dark skin. And since he could not hold this Priesthood, he could not enter the Mormon Temple.
Some examples below.
From the book of Mormon 2 Nephite 5.21:
The Nephites separate themselves from the Lamanites, keep the law of Moses, and build a temple—Because of their unbelief, the Lamanites are cursed, receive a skin of blackness, and become a scourge unto the Nephites. Between 588 and 559 B.C.
Joseph Felding Smith (10th president) explains:
There is a reason why one man is born black and with other disadvantages, while another is born white with great advantages. The reason is that we once had an estate before we came here, and were obedient; more or less, to the laws that were given us there. Those who were faithful in all things there [pre-existence] received greater blessings here, and those who were not faithful received less. . . . There were no neutrals in the war in Heaven. All took sides either with Christ or with Satan. Every man had his agency there, and men receive rewards here based upon their actions there, just as they will receive rewards hereafter for deeds done in the body. The Negro, evidently, is receiving the reward he merits (Joseph Fielding Smith, Doctrines of Salvation, 1:61, 65-66;
When the plan of salvation presented . . . and when the need for a Redeemer was explained, Satan offered to come into the world as the Son of God and be the Redeemer. "Behold here am I, send me," he said. . . . But then, as always, he was in opposition to the full plan of the Father, and so he sought to amend and change the terms of salvation; he sought to deny men their agency and to dethrone God (Bruce R. McConkie, Mormon Doctrine, 193).
Oh thank you Lusa
. First for saving me a lot of typing and pasting and for showing why I was so surprised by an African American being in this religious cult. However, they are now trying to 'down-play' or 'hide' the offense to African Americans. It's still there.
I will add this about them:
http://users.sisna.com/wsimister/cult.htm
Is the LDS, Mormon, Religion a Cult?
Mormonism is classed as misguided or a cult by 98% of Utah clergy (Deseret News, August 2001).
The term "cult" in modern connotation has evolved to include those religions which have demonstrated characteristics which are detrimental to the individual, society, or government. Tim Miller in the Fall of 1995 issue of Communities magazine identified thirteen characteristics that would classify a religion as a cult.
Using these thirteen criteria, the LDS, Mormon religion qualifies in all thirteen categories as a cult.
Characteristics of a Cult (Tim Miller)
1. "The group focuses on a living leader to whom its members appear to be extraordinarily committed."
2. "The group focuses heavily on recruiting new members."
3. "The group focuses heavily on making money"
4. "Members who question, doubt, or dissent with the group's beliefs are discouraged or punished."
5. "The group uses techniques that numb the mind to suppress doubts about the group and its leaders. These include long work routines, denunciation sessions, meditating, chanting, or speaking in tongues."
6. "The group's leaders tell members how they should act, think, and feel. For example, members must get their love life and jobs okayed. Leaders may tell them what kind of clothes to wear, where to live, how to raise their children, etc."
7. "The group sees itself as especially and uniquely blessed; for example, the leader is believed to be a Messiah or avatar, or the leader and the group have special orders to save the world."
8. "The group has an us-versus-them outlook, which puts it in conflict with mainstream culture."
9. "The group's leaders are accountable only to themselves and are not guided by or disciplined by any higher authorities as are, for example, military officers, and the ministers, priests, and rabbis of mainstream religions. The group believes its goals justify methods that members would have considered unethical before joining, such as raising money for fake charities."
10. "The leaders manipulate the members into feeling guilty in order to maintain control."
11. "Because members become subservient to the group, they cut ties to friends, families and the personal goals and activities they had before joining."
12. "The group expects its members to devote inordinate amounts of time to it."
13. "The group encourages or requires its members to live or socialize only with each other."
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You're my guardian angel today. Now I can finish putting the lights on my Christmas tree.
Thanks to you my hands are free.
Ummm, They left. They couldn't handle me. 
But the group is still racist and it is still a cult. For it denies the diety of the Lord Jesus Christ. 
It's just the truth. 
One of the reasons that Mormonism is not viewed as Christian, (among other things), is because the jesus of the Mormon teachings is different from the THE CHRIST JESUS who IS THE GOD OF ALL, made flesh, and came down from heaven to save us. 
