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Utah city renames street in honor of Mormon Black pioneer couple (Photo courtesy of Utah State Historical Society) Amanda Leggroan Chambers and Samuel D. Chambers.

Historian Amy Tanner Thiriot says it was even more peculiar in the prewar Utah Territory, where Southern converts to Mormonism, making the journey to their faith’s desert refuge in the late ...

The Utah-based religion doesn’t provide ethnic or racial breakdowns of its members, but scholars say blacks make up a small portion of the 15-million member global faith.

Elijah Abel, Jane Manning James and Green Flake hold a unique, but rather obscure place in Mormon history. All three were members of their church in the mid-1800s and all three were black. They als… ...

By Jennifer Dobner SALT LAKE CITY, Aug 27 (Reuters) – Rock star. Novelty. Myth-buster. Surprise. That’s how some pundits describe Mia Love, a Republican congressional nominee in Utah wh… ...

Elsie Virginia Ritchie was the youngest of 12 children, born in Salt Lake City, Utah in 1903. When she passed away in 1976, records indicate she had multiple last names due to marriages.

Utah officials, along with members ... The monument, entitled Pioneers of 1847 Monument, honors the lives of Black pioneers who took part in the Mormon migration and the settlement of Utah, ...

Utah officials, along with members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, unveiled a monument Friday honoring African American pioneers at a park in Salt Lake City.

SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) — In a recent Belonging in Utah story, 2News told you about an effort to find the history of Black Mormons dating back to the early years of The Church of Jesus Christ of ...