Adam M. Duncan
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Adam M. Duncan (1927–2000) was a member of the Utah state legislature and a prominent attorney and civil rights leader in Utah.
Duncan was born in Salt Lake City. As a young man Duncan served a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in South Africa. He received his law degree from the University of Utah. He was a trial attorney. He was a founder of the Utah branches of the ACLU and the NAACP.
Sources
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20171023063736/https://www.deseretnews.com/article/763556/Obituary-Adam-M-Duncan.html 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.
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Category:Latter Day Saints from Utah
Category:Lawyers from Salt Lake City
Category:American Mormon missionaries in South Africa
Category:University of Utah alumni
Category:20th-century American lawyers
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