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 Knowledge of the history of the ethnic, racial, and religious groups your ancestors belonged to is important. This historical background can help you identify where your ancestors lived, when they lived there, and where they moved. This information will help you understand the types of records they might be listed in and the history of your family.
-Minorities usually appear in the same records as other Utahns. Search for members of minority groups in the same records you would search for anyone else. Then look for additional records of a particular minority.
+Minorities usually appear in the same records as other Utah's. Search for members of minority groups in the same records you would search for anyone else. Then look for additional records of a particular minority.
 === History  ===
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 The following books are devoted to the Jews and African-Americans:
-*Brooks, Juanita. ''History of the Jews in Utah and Idaho''. Salt Lake City, Utah: Western Epics, 1973. (Family History Library&nbsp;{{FHL|257104|title-id|disp=book 979 F2b}}.) This is an indexed book on the history of the Jewish communities in Utah. It covers 1849-1961 and includes a list of the deaths in the various congregations from 1922 to about 1954.
+*Brooks, Juanita. ''History of the Jews in Utah and Idaho''. Salt Lake City, Utah: Western Epics, 1973. (Family History Library{{FHL|257104|title-id|disp=book 979 F2b}}.) This is an indexed book on the history of the Jewish communities in Utah. It covers 1849-1961 and includes a list of the deaths in the various congregations from 1922 to about 1954.
-*Coleman, Ronald Gerald. ''A History of Blacks in Utah, 1825–1910''. 1980. Reprint, Ann Arbor, Michigan: University Microfilms International, 1990. (Family History&nbsp;Library {{FHL|979.2 F2c|disp=book&amp;nbsp;979.2 F2c}}.) This&nbsp;addresses differing occupations, from trappers to African-American soldiers. In the appendix, a census summary is found and a study on occupations.
+*Coleman, Ronald Gerald. ''A History of Blacks in Utah, 1825–1910''. 1980. Reprint, Ann Arbor, Michigan: University Microfilms International, 1990. (Family History Library {{FHL|979.2 F2c|disp=book 979.2 F2c}}.) This addresses differing occupations, from trappers to African-American soldiers. In the appendix, a census summary is found and a study on occupations.
 === African Americans  ===
 Time line of African Americans in Utah
 : Green Flake, Oscar Crosby and Hark Lay are part of the 1847 Pioneer Companies
 : Census reports 50 African Americans and 24 listed as free 26 listed slaves.
 : Utah Territorial legislature passes a law recognizing legality of owning slaves
 : Congress passes legislation abolishing slavery in the territories.
 : 13th Amendment
 : Two Black militry units the 9th Cavalry and the 24th infantry patrol in Utah
--1940 The railroads are the largest employer of blaks in Utah.
+-1940 The railroads are the largest employer of blacks in Utah.
-----:&nbsp; First Black church in Utah
+--: First Black church in Utah
-'s: Black newspapers published in Utah: ''The Domocratic Headlight, Tri-City Oraacle, Broad Ax and ''''Utah Plain Dealer.''1898: anit-miscegenation law; prohibit issuance of marriage license to mixed-race couples.
+'s: Black newspapers published in Utah: ''The Domocratic Headlight, Tri-City Oraacle, Broad Ax and&nbsp;Utah Plain Dealer.''1898: anit-miscegenation law; prohibit issuance of marriage license to mixed-race couples.
 : the 24th infantry stationed at Fort Douglas
-: Harlem Renaissance writher Wallace thurman is born in Salt Lake City and lives in Utah until age 20. his novels: ''The Blacker the Berry, Infants in the Spring, ''and ''The Interne. ''
+: Harlem Renaissance writer Wallace Thurman is born in Salt Lake City and lives in Utah until age 20. his novels: ''The Blacker the Berry, Infants in the Spring, ''and ''The Interne. ''
 ''1921: Mignon Richmond is 1st black to graduate from college in Utah.''
 ''1925: D. H. Oliver becomes Utah's first black attorney.''
 ''1945: World War II brings many blacks to Hill Air Force Base in Ogden (Weber county) and Dougway Proving Ground in Tooele County''
-''1950: Ruby Price becomes the first black schoolteacher in Utah- at the Intermountain Indian School, Brigham City. Ruby was named Mother of the Year in 1877.''
+: Ruby Price becomes the first black schoolteacher in Utah- at the Inter mountain Indian School, Brigham City. Ruby was named Mother of the Year in 1877.
-''1863: The Legislature rescinds anti-miscegernation law of 1898''
+: The Legislature rescinds anti-miscegenation law of 1898
-: President Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act, which prohibits discrimiation in voting, education, employment and public facilities.
+: President Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act, which prohibits discrimination in voting, education, employment and public facilities.
-: Charles James Nabors becoms the first black faculty member at the University of Utah
+: Charles James Nabors becomes the first black faculty member at the University of Utah
 Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. is killed in Memphis, Tennessee
 Rev. Robert Harris is elected Utah's first black state legi
 === Other Sources  ===
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 *[[Indians of Utah|Indians of Utah]] has many links and records for the Indian tribes in Utah.
-*[[Utah History|Histories]] many state, county, and city histories have sections devoted to minorities.&nbsp;
+*[[Utah History|Histories]] many state, county, and city histories have sections devoted to minorities.
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