On Feb. 1, the Smith portrait was unveiled at the chapel named for the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. at a vespers service attended by descendants of the Smith family.

By Robert Hill An ongoing debate is taking place on the campus of Morehouse College as the Joseph Smith portrait is set to be displayed in the coming months.

Smith was not on the national ballot, nor was he endorsed by either major political party at the time, the Whigs or the Democrats. A 2008 congressional report recording "Direct Assaults Against ...