Browse Collections (5 total)

Be a Human: Student Led Activism at Westminster College, 2016

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In 2016 a group of Westminster College students created three art installations that demanded a new approach to addressing systemic racism and its…

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The Past is Present: Dixie State University and the battle to change

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This collection brings together newspaper articles and images related to the fight for (and against) changing the name of Dixie State University in…

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Whistling Dixie in Utah: White Supremacist Ideology and Identity at Dixie State University

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This collection investigates the history of the rise of the "Rebel" and "Dixie" identity in Southern Utah as intextricably tied to racist and white…

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Slavery, Minstrelsy, and Utah Mormons

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This collection brings together newspaper descriptions of minstrel shows actively taking place in Salt Lake City in the late 19th and early 20th…

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Confronting Our Racist Past: Westminster College, Minstrelsy, and White Supremacist Narratives

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This collection interrogates and brings to light Westminster College yearbook images which utilize blackface, minstrel shows, and racist cartoons from…

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