In 1969, a group of 14 black players were kicked off the University of Wyoming football team for wanting to wear black armbands in protest of several racial injustices by BYU.

For family and friends, the downtown bronze statue dedication for Harriet Elizabeth “Liz” Byrd is something “long overdue.” ...

Nearly 55 years after a University of Wyoming football coach’s notorious decision to remove 14 young Black men from the team for asking to protest racial injustice, three of them are taking ...

It was like he was looking right at me.” These were the words Heidy Baker uttered when she saw the bronze statue of her late husband for the first time Wednesday. Get any of our free email newsletters ...

This made Liz the first fully certified, full-time Black public school teacher in Wyoming. Liz and her husband, James, had three kids, all of whom were in attendance at the statue dedication on ...

This made Vernon the only living Black veteran ... told the Wyoming Tribune Eagle as she let out a laugh. “The last few days are when I got really excited. I thought the statue would be one ...