Past Events
Unveiling of Black Women Mural Event at Richmond Park
This event is to unveil the mural of four Black women who have contributed to the uplift, character, heritage, and culture of Salt Lake City and all of Utah.
featured image: Western Federation of Colored Women, Courtesy of University of Utah Marriott Library Special Collections
Memorials and Monuments
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The use of monuments as propaganda in rewriting the historical and political narrative. The creation of exclusive community narratives and expressing racial exclusion and oppression.
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The Wisdom of Our Years, Special Screening Event
“The Wisdom of Our Years”, produced by Phyllis Caruth and originally screened in 2008, is a documentary whose aim was to tell how far we’ve come as we strive to live the dream articulated by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. that all be judged “not by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.”
The film presents the stories of women now passed whose career choices were once limited to domestic service, and men now passed who could aspire to no higher career path than where a train might take them. All are part of Utah’s unique and little-known Black American History.
The Wisdom of Our Years, Special Screening Event (Copy)
“The Wisdom of Our Years”, produced by Phyllis Caruth and originally screened in 2008, is a documentary whose aim was to tell how far we’ve come as we strive to live the dream articulated by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. that all be judged “not by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.”
The film presents the stories of women now passed whose career choices were once limited to domestic service, and men now passed who could aspire to no higher career path than where a train might take them. All are part of Utah’s unique and little-known Black American History.
Engagement is a Building Block: How Outreach Can Inform the Physical Space
Museums often struggle to step outside of their comfort areas and find approaches to underserved communities. Sema Hadithi African American Heritage and Culture Foundation is confronting that issue head-on, by taking the critical steps of researching and building relationships prior to building a physical museum. This discussion will address insights and challenges from their work so far, and how their efforts might benefit museums throughout Utah.
Discovering, Preserving, and Telling the Stories of African Americans in Utah
This virtual Family History Day event includes:
Keynote from Nancy Loe of Sassy Jane Genealogy entitled Beyond "Peaceful Coexistence": Archivists and Genealogists Working Together.
Presentation from the Sema Hadithi African American Heritage and Culture Foundation entitled Discovering, Preserving and Telling the Stories of African Americans in Utah
Presentation from Ryan Lee, curator of 19th Century Mormon and Western Manuscripts at BYU entitled Family History Resources in the L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Presentation from Utah State Archives staff entitled Insights from a Life: Engaging with Records to Trace Your Family History
Illustrating Utah History: The Fort Duchesne Buffalo Soldiers
This enlightening and insightful panel discussion brought to you by The Brigham City Museum of Art & History, in partnership with Sema Hadithi African American Heritage and Culture Foundation and the Buffalo Soldier Research Group, features Robert Burch, Reilly Jensen, Fiona Robinson, and Dwayne Madry. The panel reviewed the findings of artifacts from the Buffalo Soldiers at Fort Duchesne, the historical research that found their stories, and the decision to make this history more accessible in the form of a graphic novel.
Living African American Mormon History
56th Annual Mormon History Association Conference, ‘Restoration, Reunion, Resilience’ is being held June 10th - 12th, 2021. Sema Hadithi will participate in the panel discussion, “Living African American Mormon History".”