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Show HAROLD B. LEE SPECIAL COLLECTIONS “This Time of Crisis”: The Race-Based Anti-BYU Athletic Protests of 1968-1971 BY GARY JAMES BERGERA P rior to mid-1978, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints prohibited black men of African lineage from its priesthood. The Salt Lake City–based church also barred black men and women from Coach Tommy Hudspeth and most of its sacred temple ceremonies. The three BYU football players, 1965. Gary James Bergera is the managing director of the Smith-Pettit Foundation, Salt Lake City, Utah. He appreciates the advice and assistance of Lester E. Bush, LaVell Edwards, Holly George, Duane E. Jeffery, Ron Priddis, Paul C. Richards, Paul A. Ruffner, Brian Walton, and Margaret Blair Young. All errors are Bergera’s own. 204 |
