Thomas Coleman

Lynching victim memorialized by the city

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Last updated Sep 8, 2026

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Salt Lake City installs lynching memorial after Utah lawmakers twice refused

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As of September 2026: Memorialized in 2026, 160 years after his death

Utah's legislature twice voted against memorializing Thomas Coleman, a former slave lynched on Capitol Hill in 1866. Salt Lake City installed the marker anyway, on its own land a block from the state Capitol.

Updated Sep 8