Wyoming in Mid-Century

Wyoming in Mid-Century
Author: Phil White Jr.
Publisher:
Total Pages: 249
Release: 2018-12-05
Genre:
ISBN: 9781790133079

This book is composed of stories about prejudice and protest in Wyoming between the1940s and the 70s, with a focus on the Black 14 incident at the University of Wyoming in 1969 in which all 14 African American players on the varsity roster were dismissed by the coach. The people and events leading up to the dismissals of these 14 varsity players on the University of Wyoming's undefeated and 12th ranked football team are examined in detail. The reaction in the state and the rapid decline in the football program, leading to the exit of the head coach, are described. The state will be reviewing the event during its 50th anniversary in 2019. Other issues examined include: -- The 1943 mass draft resistance trial of 63 young American citizens of Japanese descent from the Heart Mountain Internment Camp near Cody, Wyoming -- The removal from a "baby contest" of an African American toddler, son of a serviceman stationed in Casper during WWII -- The 1958 protest against the world's first ICBM missile site near Cheyenne in which Kenneth Calkins, a young graduate student from the Univ. of Chicago, suffered a fractured pelvis when hit by a gravel truck while doing civil disobedience. After earning a Ph.D. and becoming a history professor at Kent State, Calkins urged the removal of National Guard troops from the campus in the days leading to the killing of four students and then witnessed the event as a faculty marshal. -- The refusal of barbers in a small community college town in Wyoming to give haircuts to the black basketball players until after hours with the drapes closed. -- Protests of the Vietnam War and draft resistance in Wyoming, along with stories of Wyoming soldiers who fought in Vietnam, including one who is still missing and another who was a prisoner of war for nearly five years and whose MIA bracelet was worn by the winning contestant at a Miss America pageant. -- The story of a draft resister convicted in a Wyoming trial whose stand and story influenced Daniel Ellsburg to release the Pentagon Papers. -- The expulsion of African American students at a Cheyenne High School in 1972 after they refused to stand for the flag in protest to the Vietnam War and racial discrimination, leading to the dismissal of some students and an innovative teacher who supported them. -- Numerous examples of the "generation gap" and the war on counter-culture youth, such as a Wyoming sheriff jailing and shaving long-haired hitchhikers' heads. -- The story of two UW women students who participated in the 1964 "Freedom Summer" in Mississippi. -- Controversies over inter-racial dating, dress codes and curfews for coeds at the University of Wyoming in the 60s -- Repeal of Wyoming's anti-miscegenation law in 1965 and the defeat of an initiative which would have lowered the voting age in 1969-70.

Before You Knew Me

Before You Knew Me
Author: Teresa Lee Yates
Publisher:
Total Pages: 98
Release: 2017
Genre: Riverton (Wyo.)
ISBN: 9781941125984

Wyoming

Wyoming
Author: Victoria Murphy
Publisher:
Total Pages: 300
Release: 1999-10-01
Genre: Associations, institutions, etc
ISBN: 9781886483309

1950 Roundup

1950 Roundup
Author: Wyoming High School
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 1950
Genre: School records and registers - Wyoming (Hamilton County, Ohio).
ISBN:

Yearbook for Wyoming High School in Wyoming, Hamilton County, Ohio.

The Wyoming Valley in the Nineteenth Century, Vol. 1 (Classic Reprint)

The Wyoming Valley in the Nineteenth Century, Vol. 1 (Classic Reprint)
Author: S. R. Smith
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Total Pages: 178
Release: 2018-02-06
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 9780267920150

Excerpt from The Wyoming Valley in the Nineteenth Century, Vol. 1 Our history is a sad tale, and the giving it immortality was the accident of circumstance and position. Lts weakness and misfortune in that one supreme summer of '78 give it a claim to the sympathy of humanity. It is an act of devotion to bring back the past from the many vanished years, and to remember with affection those who are waiting for us in the dust and silence of the cemetery. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

A Garden in Wyoming

A Garden in Wyoming
Author: Bertha Tyresha VanNoy Child Maudsley
Publisher:
Total Pages: 248
Release: 2011-07-01
Genre:
ISBN: 9781258063641

Wyoming

Wyoming
Author: William MacLeod Raine
Publisher: DigiCat
Total Pages: 186
Release: 2022-09-16
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Wyoming" (A Story of the Outdoor West) by William MacLeod Raine. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.

The Story of Wyoming Valley (1906)

The Story of Wyoming Valley (1906)
Author: Samuel Robert Smith
Publisher:
Total Pages: 110
Release: 2009-07-01
Genre: Literary Collections
ISBN: 9781104785666

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.