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IN DEFENSE OF JEANETTA WILLIAMS & THE NAACP…The “Negro Bill’ Debate Continues…by Jim Stiles

by stiles • August 2, 2015 • 17 Comments

Zephyr Extra: NOTE: This is a followup to a story that appeared in the Aug/Sept issue of The Zephyr. Read that story here. On August 4, Grand County Councilwoman Mary McGann proposed to change the name of Negro Bill Canyon…

Take it or Leave it: What Isn’t Racism in Moab, Utah…and What Is?… By Jim Stiles

by stiles • August 2, 2015 • 9 Comments

For the last couple of years, a ‘place name’ debate has raged in Moab, mostly via the letters column in the weekly Times-Independent. Some Grand County citizens think the name ‘Negro Bill Canyon,’ is racist and offensive and should be…