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There are a number of events and resources to honor the triumphs and challenges of Black Utahns during Black History Month and beyond.

Utah has had a small but vibrant Black community throughout its history. During Black History Month, we honor the communitys triumphs and challenges.

Utah has had a small but vibrant Black community throughout its history. During Black History Month, we honor the communitys triumphs and challenges.

Utah has had a small but vibrant Black community throughout its history. During Black History Month, we honor the communitys triumphs and challenges.

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.

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.

| 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 ...