home / culture/ books / til : that until 1978, the mormon church owned hospitals that kept blood donations separated by race, so white members would not receive black people's blood, disqualifying them from the priesthood. F flippinsweetdude 6d TIL : That until 1978, the Mormon church owned hospitals that kept blood donations separated by race, so white members would not receive black people's blood, disqualifying them from the priesthood. r/all • en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_people_and_Mormonism#Segregation BooksReligionUnited StatesUtahReligion & PoliticsWorldCulture