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Utah -- Race relations

 Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Taylor O. Macdonald collection

 Collection
Identifier: UA 5564
Scope and Contents

Collection is comprised of speeches given at the Church College of Hawaii and documents protests against Brigham Young University for being racially insensitive in the 1960s and early 1970s.

Dates: 1963-1972
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections. University Archives / Taylor O. Macdonald collection

Office of the President records on civil rights, 1959-1963

 Sub-Series
Identifier: UA 1086 Series 4 Sub-Series 19
Scope and Contents

Contains a 1959 report investigating discrimination and relations of minorities in Utah as well as a 1963 newpaper article advocating for the Utah governor to secure equal rights for everyone regardless of race. Dated 1959 to 1963.

Dates: 1959-1963
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections. University Archives / UA 1086, Office of the President records / Office of the President records

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