Adam M. Duncan (1927–2000) was a member of the Utah state legislature and a prominent attorney and civil rights leader in
Utah
Utah is a landlocked state in the Mountain states, Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It is one of the Four Corners states, sharing a border with Arizona, Colorado, and New Mexico. It also borders Wyoming to the northea ...
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Duncan was born in
Salt Lake City
Salt Lake City, often shortened to Salt Lake or SLC, is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Utah. It is the county seat of Salt Lake County, the most populous county in the state. The city is the core of the Salt Lake Ci ...
. As a young man Duncan served a mission for
the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, informally known as the LDS Church or Mormon Church, is a Nontrinitarianism, nontrinitarian Restorationism, restorationist Christianity, Christian Christian denomination, denomination and the ...
in South Africa. He received his law degree from the
University of Utah
The University of Utah (the U, U of U, or simply Utah) is a public university, public research university in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. It was established in 1850 as the University of Deseret (Book of Mormon), Deseret by the General A ...
. He was a trial attorney. He was a founder of the Utah branches of the
ACLU
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is an American nonprofit civil rights organization founded in 1920. ACLU affiliates are active in all 50 states, Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico. The budget of the ACLU in 2024 was $383 million.
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and the
NAACP
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is an American civil rights organization formed in 1909 as an interracial endeavor to advance justice for African Americans by a group including W. E. B. Du&nbs ...
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Sources
Deseret News obituary* Russell W.Stevenson. ''For the Cause of Righteousness: A Global History of Blacks and Mormonism, 1830-2013'' Salt Lake City: Greg Kofford Books, 2013. p. 108-109.
1927 births
2000 deaths
Latter Day Saints from Utah
Lawyers from Salt Lake City
American Mormon missionaries in South Africa
University of Utah alumni
20th-century American lawyers
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