(Francisco Kjolseth | Tribune file photo) Darius Gray, an African-American Latter-day Saint speaker and writer, attends the dedication of the first grave marker for Tom, an enslaved Black pioneer who was buried in the Salt Lake City Cemetery in 1862. The placement and dedication of the marker on Thursday, Aug. 22, 2019, were the result of research initially conducted by a former sexton of the cemetery.
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