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 |
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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 |