Sorry - to clarify, I meant spiritually, from the Mormon point of view. Those of African descent/"coloured" skin could not hold the Priesthood. Could they not enter the Celestial Kingdom then? And could their wives not be called into the Celestial Kingdom then?
How about those who lived before Mormonism existed, or those who still today have never heard of Mormonism and are not baptized at any time? (Since the Church only baptizes by proxy those who it knows of and now usually those who are family.)
May 18, 1894 - In Salt Lake Temple, "Jane Elizabeth Manning (a Negro woman) is sealed as a servitor for eternity to the Prophet Joseph Smith." Joseph F. Smith acts as proxy.
Aug 22, 1895 - First Presidency and apostles decide to deny temple endowments to "Black Jane" Manning (James) because of her "negro blood." Black women are banned from temple, as are black men until 1978.
August 27, 1954 - Apostle Mark E. Petersen gives a talk "Race Problems as they affect the Church" to teachers of religion at the post secondary level. Among other things he states, "Think of the Negro, cursed as to the Priesthood. Are we prejudiced against him? Unjustly, sometimes we are accused of having such a prejudice. But what does the mercy of God have for him? This negro, who, in the pre-existence lived the type of life which justified the Lord in sending him to the earth in the lineage of Cain with a black skin, and possibly being born in darkest Africa—if that negro is willing when he hears the gospel to accept it, HE MAY HAVE MANY BLESSINGS OF THE GOSPEL. In spite of all he did in the pre-existent life, the Lord is willing, if the Negro accepts the gospel with real, sincere faith, and is really converted, to give him the blessings of baptism and the gift of the Holy Ghost. If that Negro is faithful all his days, he can and will enter the celestial kingdom. HE WILL GO THERE AS A SERVANT, but he will get a celestial resurrection." (emphasis added)
Read "Way to Perfection" by Joseph Fielding Smith chapter called **The Saddest Story ever Told** Pages 91 -112 .. Every reference you could wish for (or not wish for )