- Collection:
- Vietnam War Era Ephemera Collection
- Title:
- Protest UW affiliation with BYU
- Creator:
- Seattle Liberation Front
- Contributor to Resource:
- University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division.
- Date of Original:
- 1970
- Subject:
- Demonstrations--Washington (State)--Seattle
Racisim--Washington (State)--Seattle
Black Student Union (University of Washington)
Seattle Liberation Front
Brigham Young University
Mormon Church - People:
- Lerner, Michael
Shapire, Judith - Location:
- United States, Washington, King County, Seattle, 47.60621, -122.33207
- Medium:
- fliers (printed matter)
- Type:
- StillImage
Text - Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Announces: Rally to protest UW affiliation with Brigham Young University, 12:00 P.M., HUB. Calls for: "The university must be made relevant to the needs of blacks, the Third world, working people, women and young people searching for humane values and vocations." Quote from document: "It's no surprise that the University should be so hesitant to accede to the demands of the Black Student Union: the Mormon church is one of the wealthiest and most powerful forces in Seattle politics, with control of half a dozen major firms and KIRO-TV." Background information: "In March 1970, the UW Black Student Union, joined by the Seattle Liberation Front, the Weathermen and hundreds of unaffiliated students, protested the [UW's] ongoing athletic relationship with Brigham Young University. Claiming that the Mormon Church 'ran' BYU and that the Church advocated white supremacy, BSU called on the university to sever a relationship that sanctioned those policies." (Boswell, Sharon & McConaghy, Lorraine. Outrage and rebellion - 'Boomers' bring battle of Vietnam to American Soil - and a counterculture is born. 1996, October 6. Seattle Times, p. B8.)
- Metadata URL:
- https://digitalcollections.lib.washington.edu/digital/collection/protests/id/40
- Additional Rights Information:
- For information on permissions for use and reproductions please visit UW Libraries Special Collections Use Permissions page: http://www.lib.washington.edu/specialcollections/services/permission-for-use
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections, [Order Number or Negative Number]
- Extent:
- 27.5 x 21.5 cm
Scanned from original text at 400 dpi in color, saved in JPEG format and resized to 600 ppi horizontal. Saved at compression rate 3. 2003. - Original Collection:
- Vietnam War Era Ephemera Collection
Seattle Liberation Front - Contributing Institution:
- University of Washington. Libraries. Special Collections Division
- Rights:
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