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English
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The Pageantry of Protest in Temple Square
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Out of Obscurity : Mormonism Since 1945
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New York, NY
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Oxford University Press
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123-143
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While giving some attention to recent demonstrations for the ordination of women, as well as protests against the LDS Church's political actions opposing the legalization of same-sex marriage, the main focus of this essay is an examination of how the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and its allies used protests and the threat of protests at Temple Square during the 1960s to move the LDS Church to publicly support civil rights. [From the text]