In this issue of BYU Studies, Edward L. Kimball presents a marvelous account of the 1978 revelation granting the priesthood to worthy men of all races. Beginning with a brief history of the priesthood ban, the article then traces President Spencer W. Kimball's personal support of the Church's longtime position until, at the death of President Harold B. Lee, it suddenly became his problem. The subsequent process by which President Kimball became convinced that the time for change had come, and how he involved his counselors and the Twelve in preparing for the divine manifestation that followed, is one of the finest examples of leadership in Church history. In an essay written thirty years after the revelation on priesthood, Marcus H. Martins, the first black missionary called after the revelation, reflects on what the change in priesthood policy has meant in his own life and in the Church. Paul Lambert and Thomas Wayment examine pen and pencil markings in Joseph Smith's New Testament translation, discuss editorial procedures he followed, and examine some clues about the preparation of the manuscripts for publication. Long before Friberg and Teichert, artists created narrative images of the Book of Mormon. Noel Carmack looks at the first published illustrations were made for The Story of the Book of Mormon (1888), a text used in Church education.