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Mr. Elkins discusses his early life in Salt Lake City, employment, discrimination experienced away from Salt Lake, and his perception of the changes in his community upon his return.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Utah Endowment for the Humanities funded the Oral History Institute of Salt Lake City to conduct interviews with members of different ethnic minorities and racial groups. The people chosen to be interviewed were from Utah's African Americans, Greek, Jewish, Japanese, Mexican, Hispanic, Chinese, Ute, and Italian communities; and were in most cases fifty—five years of age or older. The goal of the project was to try to determine if, how, or to what extent each minority culture had been...

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Reverend Fields recalls his early life in Philadelphia, the military, discrimination, civil rights activities, his ministry, the 1980 shooting of his son, Ted, by Joseph Paul Franklin, and the work of the Salt Lake City police in the case.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Utah Endowment for the Humanities funded the Oral History Institute of Salt Lake City to conduct interviews with members of different ethnic minorities and racial groups. The people chosen to be interviewed were from Utah's African Americans, Greek, Jewish, Japanese, Mexican, Hispanic, Chinese, Ute, and Italian communities; and were in most cases fifty—five years of age or older. The goal of the project was to try to determine if, how, or to what extent each minority culture had been...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Utah Endowment for the Humanities funded the Oral History Institute of Salt Lake City to conduct interviews with members of different ethnic minorities and racial groups. The people chosen to be interviewed were from Utah's African Americans, Greek, Jewish, Japanese, Mexican, Hispanic, Chinese, Ute, and Italian communities; and were in most cases fifty—five years of age or older. The goal of the project was to try to determine if, how, or to what extent each minority culture had been...

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Mr. Fritz remembers his early life in Michigan, work in Salt Lake City, discrimination, civil rights activities, work with the NAACP, and unionism.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Utah Endowment for the Humanities funded the Oral History Institute of Salt Lake City to conduct interviews with members of different ethnic minorities and racial groups. The people chosen to be interviewed were from Utah's African Americans, Greek, Jewish, Japanese, Mexican, Hispanic, Chinese, Ute, and Italian communities; and were in most cases fifty—five years of age or older. The goal of the project was to try to determine if, how, or to what extent each minority culture had been...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Utah Endowment for the Humanities funded the Oral History Institute of Salt Lake City to conduct interviews with members of different ethnic minorities and racial groups. The people chosen to be interviewed were from Utah's African Americans, Greek, Jewish, Japanese, Mexican, Hispanic, Chinese, Ute, and Italian communities; and were in most cases fifty—five years of age or older. The goal of the project was to try to determine if, how, or to what extent each minority culture had been...

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Mrs. Nathaniel recalls her childhood in Salt Lake City, interracial parentage, employment, relationships with Whites, civil rights, and her church affiliation.

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Mrs. Oliver, who was born in Georgia, remembers her early life, move to Salt Lake City, children, work with the NAACP, discrimination, and church involvement.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Utah Endowment for the Humanities funded the Oral History Institute of Salt Lake City to conduct interviews with members of different ethnic minorities and racial groups. The people chosen to be interviewed were from Utah's African Americans, Greek, Jewish, Japanese, Mexican, Hispanic, Chinese, Ute, and Italian communities; and were in most cases fifty—five years of age or older. The goal of the project was to try to determine if, how, or to what extent each minority culture had been...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Utah Endowment for the Humanities funded the Oral History Institute of Salt Lake City to conduct interviews with members of different ethnic minorities and racial groups. The people chosen to be interviewed were from Utah's African Americans, Greek, Jewish, Japanese, Mexican, Hispanic, Chinese, Ute, and Italian communities; and were in most cases fifty—five years of age or older. The goal of the project was to try to determine if, how, or to what extent each minority culture had been...

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Mr. Price remembers his early schooling in Salt Lake City, employment, boxing career, discrimination, and the civil rights movement.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Utah Endowment for the Humanities funded the Oral History Institute of Salt Lake City to conduct interviews with members of different ethnic minorities and racial groups. The people chosen to be interviewed were from Utah's African Americans, Greek, Jewish, Japanese, Mexican, Hispanic, Chinese, Ute, and Italian communities; and were in most cases fifty—five years of age or older. The goal of the project was to try to determine if, how, or to what extent each minority culture had been...

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Mrs. Robertson discusses her early life in Salt Lake City, civil rights, employment for Blacks, attitudes toward Latter Day Saints, and attitudes of the established Black community toward new Black residents.

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Mrs. Smith recalls her childhood in Salt Lake, interracial parentage, her sister, Minyon Richards, work as a maid in a local house of prostitution, work at Z.C.M.I. where she eventually headed a department, and problems in her marriage.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Utah Endowment for the Humanities funded the Oral History Institute of Salt Lake City to conduct interviews with members of different ethnic minorities and racial groups. The people chosen to be interviewed were from Utah's African Americans, Greek, Jewish, Japanese, Mexican, Hispanic, Chinese, Ute, and Italian communities; and were in most cases fifty—five years of age or older. The goal of the project was to try to determine if, how, or to what extent each minority culture had been...