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''1925: D. H. Oliver becomes Utah's first black attorney.'' | ''1925: D. H. Oliver becomes Utah's first black attorney.'' | ||
"1942: Ralph Price breached the color barrier to become the first twentieth century black to purchase a home and settle in Davis County; Layton with his wife Ruby J. Price | |||
''1945: World War II brings many blacks to Hill Air Force Base in Ogden (Weber county) and Dougway Proving Ground in Tooele County'' | ''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 | 1950: Ruby J. Price becomes the first black schoolteacher in Utah- at the Intermountain Indian School, Brigham City. She became the first black educator hired in Davis County in 1960. | ||
Ruby was named Mother of the Year in 1977. | |||
1863: The Legislature rescinds anti-miscegenation law of 1898 | 1863: The Legislature rescinds anti-miscegenation law of 1898 | ||
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1976 Rev. Robert Harris is elected Utah's first black state legislator | 1976 Rev. Robert Harris is elected Utah's first black state legislator | ||
1977 Ruby J. Price of Layton Utah was selected Utah Mother of the Year, she was the first black woman to be selected as Utah mother of the Year | |||
1984 Tyron Medley, Utah's first black judge 3rd Circuit Court appointed by Gov. Scott Matheson | 1984 Tyron Medley, Utah's first black judge 3rd Circuit Court appointed by Gov. Scott Matheson | ||