1913, 100 years ago this year.

[African Americans in Utah] When the noted black educator Booker T. Washington visited Salt Lake City in 1913 he gave a special lecture at Calvary Baptist church for the local African American community.

[Source: Utah History Encyclopedia: African Americans in Utah, http://www.media.utah.edu/UHE/a/African_Americans.html]

5 comments:

  1. AnonymousMay 30, 2013

    The above URL link is no longer defunct. The new link is found below:

    http://www.uen.org/utah_history_encyclopedia/a/African_Americans.html

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    1. AnonymousMay 30, 2013

      Correction: no longer functional.

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  2. AnonymousMay 30, 2013

    Also, BTW"s 2-day visit to Salt Lake City occurred in late March 1913 -- one of those days being March 27th. See the below link.

    http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865576864/100-years-since-Booker-T-Washington7s-historic-visit-to-the-Mormons.html?pg=all

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  3. AnonymousMay 30, 2013

    Also see the link below where BTW describes in his journal the details of what he observed on his visit:

    http://squaretwo.org/Sq2ArticleHansenBookerTWashington.html

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  4. Clair BarrusMay 30, 2013

    Thanks for the additional info -- and the link to the article. Interesting reading.

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