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| Title | Protest UW affiliation with BYU |
| Creator | Seattle Liberation Front |
| Publisher/Affiliation | Seattle Liberation Front |
| Place of Publication | United States--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Date | 1970 |
| Notes | 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.) |
| Intended Purpose | Mobilization
Event publicity
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| Issue Area | Racism
Religion
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| Organizations Mentioned | Black Student Union |
| Subjects (LCTGM) | Demonstrations--Washington (State)--Seattle
Racisim--Washington (State)--Seattle
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| Subjects (LCSH) | Black Student Union (University of Washington)
Seattle Liberation Front
Lerner, Michael
Shapire, Judith
Brigham Young University
Mormon Church
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| Geographic Coverage | United States--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Digital Collection | Vietnam War Era Ephemera Collection
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| Digital ID Number | VTN029 |
| Repository | University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division |
| Repository Collection | DS559.62 W3 Vietnam War Era Ephemera Collection, Box 3/3 |
| Object Type | Flier
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| Physical Description | 27.5 x 21.5 cm |
| Digital Reproduction Information | 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. |
