2024 Annual Ancestral Day of Remembrance & Black History Conference

For our 9th Annual Tell the Story Black History Conference, our theme is COMMUNITY & NEIGHBORHOOD in which we will explore community and neighborhood through the lens of Utah's Black history. How did Black Americans achieve community within a mostly White American state during the 1930's and 1940's? What were Black American neighborhoods like and what constituted them?

Presentations and conference schedule:

“The Black Brothers Organizational Society,” by Callie Avondet

“Student Poster Presentations: In-Progress Black History Reserach on Black American Travel Guides,” by Xiomara Castro, Eden Marroquin, Isabella Erwin, Ella Stott, & Yasamin Osqueezadeh

“A Recently Acquired 1940 Art Piece: A Group Discussion,” by Alice Faulkner Burch

“Wall Avenue Baptist Church,” by Chris Jensen