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A former slave was lynched on Utah's Capitol Hill. State leaders resisted a memorial, so Salt Lake City acted.

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Utah News spotted this story published August 31, 2026 at Salt Lake Tribune. Full coverage may follow as more sources report.

Utah's Capitol Preservation Board twice voted down a memorial for a Black man who was lynched at the Capitol. So Salt Lake City put up its own monument across the street.

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