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Show TSjuffi , . , ty. p i 24 The Salt Lake Tribune, Monday, September tr ,r?W. tm ?wi TURNED $1,000 I ii. , ,1 AU A INTO THREE ir V V: S n 20, J976 .. From Lynchings to Legal Rights Historian Traces Past of Utahs Blacks By MILLION r proximity. Tribune Staff Writer Tracing black experience in Utah back to the period, a University of Utah historian said this week that in discrimination j I IN REAL ESTATE zLj IN MY against SPARE TIME history here becomes a microcosm of black history to the United States WILLIAM NICKERSON A lynching account, for example, from the News Advocate lit Price notes that in 1925 Robert Marshall was taken from a jail and hanged in "in slow stages. A mob of men, women and children smiled for a photographer under the swinging black prisoner Mr Marshall, according to the account, was revived from time to time by burning hJs bare soles with matches. Housing Problems More common housing difficulties have been lllustiated by Ronald G Coleman in his 1 J7i3 section, "Blue ks in Utah History an Unknown legacy in The Peoples of Utah." published by the Utah State Historical Society The San Francisco native and football running back at the U. who won the most valuable player award in the teams victory in the 1904 Liberty Bowl relates "In 1939, Salt Lake City commissioners received a petition vTJi 1,000 signatures asking that blacks living in Salt Lake be restricted to one residential area This area would be located away from the City and County Building where visitors to the city would not come in contact w ith a sizable number of blacks. Mr. Coleman noted this week that such discrimination is against the law now, but there "were in the past and still are people here who prefer NOW YOU CAH LEAR!! TO DO THE SAME! 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ATTEND THE FREE LECTURE... e introThe lecture Is a duction to some 6tartlinq tcts that could change your Ide We urge you to take notes as you listen to the Authors Associate Lecturer discuss this important Informal on No Cost No Obligation, Meetings Only at the Following Locations . . ninety-minut- MONDAY, SEPT. 20ih 8:00 P.M. TRAVELODGE C 161 Watt 6th South S) Sol lake City (6th licit from - 8:00 P.M. TUESDAY, SEPT. 21s OGDEN RAMADA INN 34th A Adams (1 Block East of Washington) Ogdon WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 22nd 8:00 P.M. PROVO HOLIDAY INN 1460 S. Provo University (at MS) r f M lets m.i J Net In Majority The U. graduate and doctoral candidate, who obtained a masters degree in history from California State University . at Sacramento, added, "Its hard to indict an entire community. Id venture to say those people were not in the ma jonty There are a heck of a lot with good will who live m this community." "their African-America- It V -- e: 6 -- - V. a' & ft ' w. Zy V I 4 jf 4 If 0 r t, A African-American- t- J r the-citie- L-Ronald G. Coleman "Blacks Unknown Legacy" The mountains and desert were considered a natural barrier by owners again-- the escape of slaves, he notes Mr. Coleman, who will deliver a I tab State Historical Society-sponsore- d lecture Dec. 8 at the Salt Lake City Public Library, reports color 4 And. the historian said in looking back at the Beehive States long association with blacks. "The point is, we have come a long way. but we have a long way to go Education Parley Festival Listed Success Need Stressed for Objectives colleges r two-yea- pr. Joseph P. Cosand spoke at an awards banquet during the first Two-yea- r College Conference for Improvement of Instruction viqri O' I - , Utah's five iv-jUus- ? 'r "We must hold ourselves accountable to the stated philosophies and objeca tives of our teaching institutions, University of Michigan professor of education told faculty members of O t ' $ lhs nF a. - jrWWuw Mr. Coleman indicates he is in accord with the thesis of Ebony magazine that perhaps the most dramatic change brought about by the civil rights revolution was that between 19b0 and 1970 the number of blacks holding "workmg class, rather than working-ooo- r jobs rose from 2 9 million nationally to 5 1 million, a shift In occupation status unprecedented In its dimensions and rapidity. The civil rights movement of the has provided opportunities for a number of blacks everywhere, Mr. Coleman said. According to the historian, James P. Beckwourth, a mulatto whose mother mav have been a slave, was a trapper or the Rocky Mountain Fur Co . and first came to Utah between 1824 and 1826 Cache Valley "For several years, he traveled ill and out of Cache Valley and the Salt Lake Ogden areas trapping, hunting and exploring Among his comrades were Jim Bndger, Kit Carson. James Civ man, William Sublette and Jedediah Smith Slavery was not abolished m Utah until 1802. Mr Coleman notes, "The 1850 census of Utah Territory indicates the presence of 50 blacks in Utah. Of this number, 24 are listed as free and 26 as slaves At ' that one of the more colorful black cowboys in Utah was Isom Dart. Known as a sometime cattle rustler m the Browns Hole area on the Utah. Wyoming and Colorado borders in the 1870s, Isom Dart is desenbed by a westerner in "The Black West" as an outstanding brone buster The westerner says, "I have seen all the great rulers, but for all around skill as a cow man, Isom Dart w as unexcelled Mr Coleman notes that many blacks have influenced and been influenced by Utah over the years. "One of the outstanding black writers of the 1920s and early 1930s, he said, "Wallace Thurman, was bom w Salt Lake City He wrote two., novels, The Blacker the Berry and Infants of the Spring, two plays and was a ghost writer for a magazine s in the And state, though still less than one percent In number, have been active dt key tunes The first party of Mormon teuton. ui 1,847 included blacks Green Flake, Oscar Crosby and lljrk Lay Since the turn of the century. Mr Coleman points out, "a majority s of Utah blacks have lived in of Salt Lake and Ogden opportunities for Employment blacks have been greater w these, t tties and their surrounding areas Mr Coleman also reports that the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-da- y Saints denial of its preisthood to blacks has caused persons outside of the state to discrmvnate against persons from Utah whatever their not to have blacks live in close frank Brunsman g U:i il awww The conference, sponsored by the State Board of Regents, was Friday on the campus of Utah Technical College at Salt Lake, 4600 S. Redwood Rd. t "The faculty has the responsibility to understand what the purpose of the r college is and then to become committed to it, I)r Cosand declared two-yea- "We must be accountable to the whole community and not just part of it. he said When we admit students. we must serve them regardless of their background or prior educational ex perience Honored during the banquet w as Mrs Faye I. Torgerson. a business lnstnc-to- r at the College of Eastern Utah She received the first annual Regents' Award for Excellence ui Teadimg Receiving Regents Awards for Quality Teaching were Elma T. Mack, an instructor at Utah Technical College Provo, and N. Wayne Moss, an instruc tor at Utah Technical College at Salt Lake Cash, Camera) Stolen Burglars removed Ml1 cash, a tape k, two c iineras and two projtxtors total value H,0t-.8from the home of June Herrei a who resides on the 32'M) South hlmk of 7700 ,.st. sluriff dvputics n ported do Crowds on the final day the Salt Lake Greek Festival Sunday surpassed Saturday's record number, reported Greg ory J Skedros. event chairman f He said the final count when the festival closed at midnight was near 10 (XX), far exceeding the 7,000 to 8,000 attending Saturday. Featuring Greek foods, music and other entertainment. the festival bv Holy Trinity and Prophet was Elias Greek hlirches Orthodox t Burglars Get 86.500 ul Firm Burglars broke into Kwik Vending Service, 1500 West, used a torch to open the safe and fled with about $6,500 in cash Friday night or Saturday morning Deputy Kenneth D. Moeller, Salt Lake County Sheriffs Office, described the robbery as "very neat, looking " Sometime during the night, burglars entered the building, turned off the alarm and then entered the change room, he said The safes outer plate was cut with a blow torch and inner concrete layer broken with a todge hammer Then burglars used pipe wrenches to twist the locking mechanism off the safe He said the burglars swept all of the concrete mto a pile under the safe so pieces wouldnt lodge In their shoes And the empty money bags were neatly stacked on a nearby pu.ball machine, Deputy Moeller said If was held at the Hellenic Memorial Build mg, 279 S 300 West, on tiie adjacent terrace and m Holy Trinity. Duruig the afteroon and ev ernng. all three areas were full to cupacity much of the time Mr Skedros thanked the community and stale fur making the annual event an outstanding success " Fair, Warmer Weather Forecast Nattowal Weather Sarvlca Data tatr Generally tugvMiv Ovgrmgttfiowsitefolow to mid-40. Highs iia-4(3- s both and thgMiy warmer weather will be over the mtermountam Region Monday with the exception of a few cioud and isolated shower m the north davs Wyoming Fir MorMov tHrouoh Tuosaav Lows Mooav Bgh? s o trtic53Us west of the divide, mid 30s to mid-A- s east High Monday and Tuesday 60 to 70 - TEMPfRATUPl CHART Uhr i nr 24 hr. high Utah B Arc up 19 56 cty 80 n Coavn'e n v DeiM Green River Hanxiv.ne M Iter m n Moah 1 , is 1 Buick-Ope- l your best deal You get a great little car Dud by Isuzu Japan And 200 gallons of gjj from Buick II n n n U A fi 80 56 74 b 75 M S Bute 59 51 v , . i l!riisn-r- .o ho 6'v 4 lesteges heno ft W'nnemucc 78 Cayenne $? 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