Slavery, Minstrelsy, and Utah Mormons
Description
This collection brings together newspaper descriptions of minstrel shows actively taking place in Salt Lake City in the late 19th and early 20th century. This includes civil rights lawsuits over segragationist actions that took place surroinding these shows.
Collection Items
George Thatcher's Greatest Minstrels ca. 1899
Poster of George Thatcher's Greatest Minstrels show c. 1899
"A Question of Color" 1893
!["A Question of Color" 1893](https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/58675/archive/square_thumbnails/bb6f8e31dc80a9e2004a7576263a7601.jpg?Expires=1717027200&Signature=mLhLSt4zp2XcWk0tEIh4ml7xqwNek1Gg8TLqSfrEyoYpDt7D5wqoSIwKcEIoC%7EnD%7EdkgZABx2H9S7YonvRSC9tJX3uc%7EE4C1ocv8feMZTol8roZ9wOw-0rkTVdBYTmuL54iBuVpO2bPZ4kbWRq6YxuJKJvTnHUs7aGbM4AWoTijNgGNNbbhewhcbJvRsybmT9zHHTSrWzH-Us3hslgSvepeSZ09H25t0T81HoM5aAUsMBWmFIItbLzPoncYKo8CPASjHkeOKGF-npVsgUDiL6LaVi-imZZYHzc3xdnsmJteFD8QA0%7Ebi2GTgUY%7EouNflEJJfMe8GP7IbWKND4MxP3g__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM ""A Question of Color" 1893")
1893 newspaper article describing a suit by Collins, an African American, for violation of his civil rights.
"Black Patti" 1898
!["Black Patti" 1898](https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/58675/archive/square_thumbnails/542e05a82a48c0db8f25396b41429d91.jpg?Expires=1717027200&Signature=vrVLTBH95Bz537dQi1xc5OdFUhgZd4m8Opd5xWwSB5Ts0agK0mnMq6onI-82i7-4Ljs2t96qZUhJC5fYtN71RlXlmnbaoTHGe61GCRc0-mUSLYv6A8bmpVhHvcAGhbg6-GHW2xlL6UsRHF8jUeZNLWGxKXJvl92574JCwjbRsp7DGS0X9pg8YuOE%7EIro5A785Nuw0BlArUo3BsMVvfY-PmDxQDiWVAqR9o71ZcjKEOiF6V3bZ0gY-73ei8nDwt3S7wld-Gcfs-KtYPlQ3URDXc%7E3ExxQyI3cJod2fFZcHS8ghaeVwf16qoNlMaYI4trzmlCplcnp7KEuDMXMaar29g__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM ""Black Patti" 1898")
1898 article in a Black-edited Salt Lake City newspaper critical of entertainment