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African Americans have traditionally been composed only a small part of the total population in Utah, with the 2010 census placing the percentage of African Americans at 1.06%. Utah ranks 40th in the United States for total African American population and 43rd in percentage of residents who are African American. [2]
During discussions, Utah lobbyist John Milton Bernhisel hid Utah slavery from members of Congress. [19] With the Compromise of 1850, Utah was granted the right to decide by popular sovereignty whether it wanted to allow slavery. By 1850, there were around 100 blacks, the majority of whom were slaves. [20]
Apostle Harold B. Lee protested an African student who was given a scholarship, believing it was dangerous to allow Black students on BYU's campus. [21]: 852 In 1960 the NAACP reported that the predominantly LDS landlords of Provo, Utah would not rent to a BYU Black student, and that no motel or hotel there would lodge hired Black performers.
The table below shows the percentage of free blacks as a percentage of the total black population in various U.S. regions and U.S. states between 1790 and 1860 (the blank areas on the chart below mean that there is no data for those specific regions or states in those specific years). [citation needed]
Early Utah Journalism. Utah State Historical Society. Junne, George H. (2000). Blacks in the American West and Beyond--America, Canada, and Mexico: A Selectively Annotated Bibliography. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 9780313312083. May, Dean L. (1987). Utah: A People's History. University of Utah Press. ISBN 9780874802849.
Many African Americans faced discrimination as they came to Utah, however as public attractions such as Lagoon Amusement Park started to appear segregation began to disappear. [19] In Utah today, most of the African American population and other minorities living on the west side of the Salt Lake area.
The History of Utah is an examination of the human history and social activity within the state of Utah located in the western ... History of African Americans in Utah;
He believed that "blacks were cursed to be servants." Singer once told a reporter that, "In the eyes of God, they (blacks) are not equal." [2] The authorities did allow Singer to have his children home-schooled in a supervised situation. However, in 1978 his second wife's husband won custody of their children. It is unclear if him not giving up ...