Albert Fritz letters about peaceful demonstrations

Update Item Information
Title Albert Fritz letters about peaceful demonstrations
Alternative Title 1007_001_001
Description Series of letters from Albert Fritz to the Salt Lake Police Department, Assistant Chief Ralph Knusden regarding peaceful demonstrations. NAACP call for protest on State Capitol building due to failure of the Utah Legislature to adopt civil rights legislation regarding housing and public accommodations (2005). NAACP appealed to the Governor of the state of Utah to include civil rights legislation on the docket for the special session of the Utah state Legislature, which he has announced. Local NAACP leaders noticed that Utah is the only northern state with no civil rights legislation (1968). Letter from Albert B. Fritz (Salt Lake NAACP) to Honorable George D. Clyde, Governor of Utah (1965?) regarding lack of civil rights legislation in Utah. Article from the Wall Street Journal (1964) "Civil Rights Irony: New U.S. Agency's First Case Likely to Come From Utah" by Donald Moffitt. Article discusses racism in Salt Lake City and highlights Chuck Nabors who moved to Salt Lake City to attend the University of Utah. Nabors rented an apartment sight unseen, when the landlord saw he was an African American the landlord backed out of lease. After Nabors found a landlord who would rent to him, neighbors petitioned to have him leave.
Creator Fritz, Albert
Date 1952-05-10; 2005-03-07; 1968-04-10; 2008-04-16; 1964-10-20
Spatial Coverage Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States, 40.76078, -111.89105
Subject Civil rights movements--United States--History--20th century; Civil rights--Utah; Race discrimination--Religious aspects--Latter Day Saint churches; African Americans; Racism against Black people; Nabors, Charles James,1934-1986; African American scientists
Keywords Black Americans
Collection Name Charles James Nabors papers
Collection Number and Name ACCN 1007 Charles James Nabors papers
Holding Institution Manuscripts Division of Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
Type Text
Genre correspondence
Format application/pdf
Extent 7 pages
Language eng
Rights
Relation https://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:80444/xv85015
ARK ark:/87278/s6jt9mw6
Setname uum_cjnp
ID 2292054
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6jt9mw6
Back to Search Results