th-century marked the height of Mormon disparagement over the race issue. The Civil rights movement received full support from the government and many popular non-Mormon religious denominations. People from both within the Church and outside the Church began to take notice of the injustice treatment of black Mormons. Organizations such as the NAACP and National Urban League began to criticize both the State of Utah and the Mormon Church over the evident racial inequality status that was held by African- American citizens. By the beginning of the sixties Civil Right advocates began to picket in front of the Capitol Building in an effort to persuade the governing body to pass equal right acts. The Salt Lake chapter NAACP publicly demonstrated in boycotts against Woolworth establishments throughout Utah because of their anti-black rules. As the state of Utah refused to recognize the Civil Rights movement that was occurring throughout the nation, advocates began to directly blame the Mormon Church. In an effort to discourage NAACP demonstrations in front of Temple Square Church leaders announced that they held no belief that intended to threaten the pursuit for full civil rights. Athletic contest that involved the church-owned Brigham Young University began to be plagued by demonstrations. Many black athletes refused to participate in competitions that involved the primarily Caucasian University. Large schools such as Stanford University, the University of Washington, and San Jose State cut all extra circular activities with B.Y.U. because of alleged racial discrimination by the Mormon Church13. In1974 the NAACP filled a lawsuit with a Federal court against the Church in support of Byron Marchant, an African-American Mormon scoutmaster14. Mormon-sponsored Boy Scout troops required any senior patrol leaders to hold the title of priesthood, thus blacks were excluded. As a result to the lawsuit the Church reversed its discriminat...
