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Reader letters discuss King riots Mormon Church and prejudice
A collection of letters criticizes Martin Luther King Jr and nonviolence, questions riots and film portrayals, defends Mormon Church policies on priesthood for black members, and notes Utah attitudes. Authors reference Highlander School, Abner Williams, Manning Johnson, and local media coverage. A police report notes 420 dyed eggs stolen from an egg house.
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Louise
Curtis
Martin L. King
King
Presidential Commission On Violence
Gandhi
Highlander Folk School For
Abner W. Berry
Central Committee
Communist Party
Aubrey Williams
Myles Horton
Highland School
Martin Luther King
Ira Peet
Manning Johnson
Lenin Institute
Moscow
Vietnam
Kings
Abernathys
Kunstlers
Angela Davises
U.S.A