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However I believe that though Blacks could not granted the priesthood (as defined in LDS) because of their color. They could be members.

Come on. "Members" who are temple Mormons, which blacks were denied, get married in temples.

How would you like it if your church leaders said, "No, you can't get married here due to the color of your skin"???

The history of all historical denominations in the U.S are tainted with past racism. Even some denomiations that opposed slavery did not always see Blacks and Whites as fully equal. Most of the Protestant denominations split during the War Between The States. So to condemn LDS because of past racist statements by former leaders is not exactly fair unless you hold all denominations to similar standards.

Past statements by Lds leaders is only part of the problem. IOW, Christian leaders who have made racist statements haven't tried to say their very word was "scripture." That can't be said of various racist verses in the Book of Mormon, Pearl of Great Price, and Doctrine & Covenants. See D&C 134:12, for example.

Or Utah Lighthouse Ministry mentions these Book of Mormon verses: Source: http://www.utlm.org/onlinebooks/curseofcain_part1.htm#Racism

And it came to pass that I beheld, after they had dwindled in unbelief they became a dark and loathsome, and a filthy people, full of idleness and all manner of abominations (Book of Mormon, 1 Nephi 12:23).

And he had caused the cursing to come upon them, yea, even a sore cursing . . . wherefore, as they were white, and exceedingly fair and delightsome, that they might not be enticing unto my people the Lord God did cause a skin of blackness to come upon them (Book of Mormon, 2 Nephi 5:21).

Behold the Lamanites your brethren, whom ye hate because of their filthiness and the cursing which hath come upon their skins . . . (Book of Mormon, Jacob 3:5).

O my brethren, I fear that unless ye shall repent of your sins that their skins will be whiter than yours, when ye shall be brought before the throne of God (Book of Mormon, Jacob 3:8).

And the skins of the Lamanites were dark, according to the mark which was set upon their fathers, which was a curse upon them because of their transgression and their rebellion against their brethren, . . . who were just and holy men . . . and the Lord God set a mark upon them, yea, upon Laman and Lemuel, and also the sons of Ishmael, and Ishmaelitish women.
And this was done that their seed might be distinguished from the seed of their brethren, that thereby the Lord God might preserve his people, that they might not mix and believe in incorrect traditions . . . (Book of Mormon, Alma 3:6).

The Utah Lighthouse Ministry notes: Towards the end of the Book of Mormon one of the righteous leaders, Mormon, declares that in the last days the gospel will again be taken to the Lamanites

that the seed of this people may more fully believe his gospel, which shall go forth unto them from the Gentiles; for this people shall be scattered, and shall become a dark, a filthy, and a loathsome people, beyond the description of that which ever hath been amongst us, yea, even that which hath been among the Lamanites, and this because of their unbelief and idolatry (Book of Mormon, Mormon 5:15).