Because M had such a reaction to this portrait, we should start here. This is Brigham Young in his youth. He’s a very serious looking man, for sure.
Now that the picture is up there, let’s dive into his biography.
This link is more focused on Young’s time in Salt Lake City and the various issues that came about during that part of his history. It has a lot of nice historic photos and art plus there’s a list of further resources at the bottom of the page.
Because we talked about the history of racism in the LDS and this in particular got mentioned, here is an article about the recent history of the “white and delightsome” issues in the church.
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