The LDS Church called the priesthood ban a "direct commandment from the Lord" for 126 years. In 2013, they published an essay. We read both — and the gap between them is the whole story.
Jess and Hannah read the primary sources the 2013 Gospel Topics Essay on Race and the Priesthood was written to address — and then read the essay itself. Brigham Young's 1852 speeches. The 1949 First Presidency statement that called the ban "founding doctrine" and declared there was "no injustice whatsoever." Mark E. Peterson's 1954 BYU address laying out the pre-mortal valiance framework. Bruce R. McConkie's Mormon Doctrine, published by Deseret Book and cited in Sunday schools for decades.