African Americans, Utah and nation: Clippings, ephemera, 1899-circa 1990

File — Box: 13, Folder: 6

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Scope and Contents

3 newspaper clippings, very fragile, possibly given to H.Z.P. by an interviewee during the research period, 1970s (Salt Lake , Oct. 20, 1923, Magazine Section, short story, "His Children's Father," by Octavius Roy Cohen; Unknown provenance, Knoxville, TN, undated, turn of 20th century, "Impeachment Proceedings Instituted" against Judge J. J. DuBose of Shelby County, TN; large clipping; "Slavery in Utah," small reverse photocopy, damaged, cut up, taped to 5 x 8 index card labeled "Slavery in Utah, , March 25, 1899, BAX 3-25-99"); "A Test of Faith: Jane Elizabeth James and the Origins of the Utah Black Community." By Henry J. Wolfinger, Archivist-Trainee, National Archives and Records Service, Washington, D.C. typescript, N.D.; Research note hand-written on loose-leaf paper, Ogden , July 9, 1900. Black laborers segregated on railroad jobs; Sterling M. McMurrin, "The Negroes among the Mormons." Address given before the Annual Banquet of the Salt Lake City Chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, June 21, 1968. Pamphlet;

George Ramjoue, "The Negro in Utah: A Geographical Study in Population," Master's thesis, Geography, University of Utah, August 1968. [incomplete]; Lewis Webster, "Black Americans and the Revolution." , Newsletter (1974); Ronald G. Coleman, review of , by Elmer R. Rusco, for publication in , Fall 1976; "A Lecture Series on the 'Black Family in Utah.'" 4 lectures to be delivered in January 1976. Rev. France Davis, Co-Director. 4-fold flyer. Sponsored by local churches and the Utah Endowment for the Humanities; John W. Fitzgerald and Ray R. Canning, "Minority-Group Teachers and Pupils in Utah's Schools, 1961-1966." Research Report for the Utah State Department of Public Instruction, 1966; Newspaper clippings, 1972-1990, approx. 35, Salt Lake . African American concerns; Interview with Maya Angelou, 1981; , September 1977 and March 1, 1978.

Dates

1899-circa 1990

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