Item Detail

ID
26145
Publication Type
Journal Article
Language
English
Authors
Bergera, Gary James
Title
In this Time of Crisis : The Race-Based Anti-BYU Athletic Protests of 1968-1971
Journal Title
Utah Historical Quarterly
Vol/Issue Date
Summer 2013
Volume
81
Issue
3
Publication Place
Salt Lake City, UT
Publisher
Utah Historical Society
Publication Date
2013
Pages
204-229
Abstract
The article discusses protests against race discrimination in Brigham Young University's (BYU's) intercollegiate athletic program during the late 1960s and early 1970s. According to the author, protesters saw BYU as a symbol of discrimination both within the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (LDS) and within American society at large. Details on tensions within the BYU community over the school's racial policies are also presented. Other topics include BYU president Ernest L. Wilkinson, boycotts of BYU athletic events, and the U.S. Civil Rights Act of 1964.
URL
http://utahhistory.sdlhost.com/#/item/000000059004225/view/3
Subjects
Blacks, priesthood
Brigham Young University
Brigham Young University, athletics
Doctrinal history, race relations
Race relations
Cited By Count
3
Citation Count
9
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Neither White nor Black : Mormon Scholars Confront the Race Issue in a Universal Church
Tensions in David O. Mckay's First Presidencies
The Prohibition of Interracial Marriage in Utah, 1888-1963
Would-Be Saints : West Africa before the 1978 Priesthood Revelation