New monument aims to ensure Utah's Black pioneers 'will never be forgotten'
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.
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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 company's 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.