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A new monument at This Is the Place Heritage Park tells the stories of four Black pioneers who arrived in modern-day Utah 175 years ago.

This is the Place Heritage Park in Salt Lake City will add statues of Black pioneers this week. The man who made that happen is Mauli Junior Bonner, part of the musical Bonner Family, and the director of the film “His Name is Green Flake.”

A new monument honoring early Black pioneers will be dedicated soon in timing with the 175th anniversary of the first wagon companys 1847 arrival in the Salt Lake Valley.

A new monument honoring early Black pioneers of Utah will be dedicated at This is the Place State Park in timing with the 175th anniversary of the first wagon company’s 1847 arrival in the Salt Lake Valley.

Utah State University will be holding three days of events this weekend with the goal to educate, celebrate and activate the newly state recognized holiday Juneteenth.

Today we talk about Juneteenth and USU's corresponding events. We're joined by Cree Taylor, Lecturer in the USU English Department and event organizer, and filmmaker Mauli Junior Bonner, whose film, “His Name is Green Flake,” will be screened on Saturday.

Movies about Latter-day Saints have lately been true-crime stories. There are so many better stories to tell than the latest planned project, “Sinner v. Saints.”

Yahosh Bonner was born the fifth of eight children in Las Vegas, Nevada. Yahosh comes from an accomplished musical heritage. He currently is a cohost on BYUtv’s Family Rules. He also is the Athletic Director at American Heritage School. In addition, he is a recording performing artist. Yahosh has shared the stage with Gladys Knight, Steven Sharp Nelson from The Piano Guys, Alex Boyé, and many others. Yahosh's love of music is rooted in his faith. He looks forward to sharing the gift of m...

| Updated: May 15, 2021, 12:37 a.m. Green Flake, an enslaved worker and Latter-day Saint from North Carolina, arrived in the Salt Lake Valley with two other Black pioneers July 22, 1847 — two days before Mormon prophet Brigham Young supposedly declared, “This is the place.” Flake, Hark Lay and Oscar Crosby Smith scouted the valley, tilled the ground, planted crops, and laid down a trail for their enslavers and vanguard wagons that soon would arrive. The three are memorialized at This Is ...

Courtesy of Film The legal drama executive produced by Shaquille ONeal and directed by Youssef Delara will play Canadas biggest Black film showcase. The courtroom drama Foster Boy, starring Matthew Modine, Louis Gossett Jr. and Shane Paul McGhie is set to open the virtual Toronto Black Film Festival on Feb. 10. The indie, executive produced by Shaquille ONeal and directed by Youssef Delara, will launch the 9th edition of Canadas biggest showcase of Black cinema, organizers said on Tuesday. And...