In 1896, the U.S. Army transferred the Twenty-fourth Infantry to Fort Douglas in Salt Lake City, Utah. This marked the first time the army had stationed an African-American unit within a predominantly white population. Response to the transfer of the unit comprised of African-American soldiers was divided.
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Photo credit: Utah State Historical Society, all rights reserved. The Utah's African-American Voices archival photo gallery is an online adaption of the Utah Humanities Council's "Blacks in Utah History" project, created by Gary B. Peterson.