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Box 16

 Container

Contains 1 Result:

The Mormons and the Blacks : modern folklore / Linda Brownell, 1975

 Item — Box: 16, Folder: 7
Identifier: FA 1 Item 178
Scope and Contents

Brownell collected folklore involving members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and African Americans. Included are legends about African Americans and the church, prejudiced jokes told by White Americans, and racist sayings about African Americans. Project was created for an English 391 course taught at Brigham Young University in 1975.

Dates: 1975
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / FA 1, Collection of student folklore projects

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