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Salt Lake City memorializes lynched former slave after state resistance

September 3, 2026 at 3:53 AM MT · via The Salt Lake Tribune · Summarized by Mormon News from original reporting

Salt Lake City has erected a memorial to a former slave who was lynched on Utah's Capitol Hill after state leaders resisted such recognition, according to The Salt Lake Tribune. The memorial addresses a long-overlooked chapter of Utah history involving racial violence in the territorial period. The city acted independently after efforts to secure a state-level memorial were unsuccessful, the Tribune reports.

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