AHJ_ah10963 Inventory of the Black 14 (Laramie, Wyo.) films,1969-2009 Black 14 films Processed by Matthew Francis University of Wyoming. American Heritage Center
American Heritage Center Dept. 3924, 1000 E. University Avenue University of Wyoming Laramie, WY 82071 Phone: 307.766.2574 Fax:307.766.5511 Email:ahcref@uwyo.edu URL:http://ahc.uwyo.edu/
2010

University of Wyoming

 Finding aid encoded by Matthew Francis September 2010 Finding aid is in English Collection Summary Black 14 (Laramie, Wyo.) films 1969-2009 10963 .1 cubic ft. (1 folder) + 198 GB University of Wyoming. American Heritage Center. English The collection contains two films relating to the dismissal of 14 black football players from the 1969 University of Wyoming football team. History of the Black 14 (Laramie, Wyo.)

In October, 1969 fourteen Black college football players were dismissed from the University of Wyoming football team because they wanted to wear armbands when playing against Brigham Young University to protest the alleged racial policies of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in promoting members to the priesthood. Sympathetic protests took place in Wyoming.

 Scope and Content

The collection contains a silent, 2:18 minute film which portrays protesters, some with black armbands, staging demonstrations at the University of Wyoming. The film was found in a vault of the Wyoming governor's office in 1979. Additionally the collection contains a DVD of the 40th Anniversary Black 14 Panel Discussion, which included Mel Hamilton, John Griffin, Clinton Isaac Jr., Charles Graves, Kevin McKinney, and Ryan Thorburn, a video of a Black 14 Panel discussion from 2019, and a WyoFile article from 2020.

 Access Restrictions

Copyright Information

The Black 14 Panel Discussion DVD can only be reproduced for researchers by UWTV. The researcher assumes full responsibility for observing all copyright, property, and libel laws as they apply.

Related Materials

Other Black 14 materials can be found in the Black 14 collection (#10405), the Branding Iron (Laramie, Wyo.) records (#541007), and the University of Wyoming, President's Office Records (#510000).

 Acquisition Information

This material was received from the Wyoming Governor's office in 1979, UWTV in 2009, University of Wyoming, American Heritage Center in 2019, and Phil White in 2020.

 Processing Information

The collection was processed by Matthew Francis in September 2010 and updated by Jamie J. Greene in August 2021.

 Preferred Citation

Item Description, Box Number, Folder Number, Collection Name, Collection Number, American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming.

 Existence and Location of Copies

Digital reproductions of select material from this collection are available at http://digitalcollections.uwyo.edu/luna/servlet/uwydbuwy~120~120.

 Access Terms University of Wyoming--Race relations. Civil rights demonstration--Wyoming. African American football players--Political activity--Wyoming. Civic Activism Civil Rights Sports and Recreation Colleges and Universities African Americans Moving Images Wyoming--History--1946- <?xm-replace_text {Title as Subject}?> <?xm-replace_text {Title as Subject}?> Container List 1 Film (Silent), 16-mm - University of Wyoming Black 14 Protests 1969 1 Film, DVD - 40th Anniversary Black 14 Panel Discussion 2009 1 and Digitalahcdm_10963_001 Film, DVD - Black 14 Panel Discussion, organized by the American Heritage Center's Simpson Institute for Western Politics and Leadership 2010 Digitalahcdm_10963_002Black 14 panel discussion at the University of Wyoming, Arts and Sciences Auditorium, sponsored by the American Heritage Center and Wyoming History DaySeptember 12, 2019 Digitalahcdm_10963_003WyoFile: "Two of UW's Black 14 Share Untold Stories, Post-George Floyd View" (digital article), 2020