Tag: Black History
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The next Nickelson? Your new white knight just might be a Black Cowboy
2025 DENVER GAZETTE TRUE WEST AWARDS: DAY 4 The founder of Emancipation Theatre ‘is a prophet,’ says Denver blues legend Erica Brown I asked “the” Erica Brown how she would introduce formidable independent Denver theater practitioner Jeff Campbell to a stranger. Brown had stepped away from her busy itinerary as Denver’s Queen of the Blues…
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Motherhood wasn’t part of the mission for first Black female fighter pilot, until it was
Rochelle Kimbrell knew by fourth grade what she wanted to do with her life, and spent the next 15 years on a trail-blazing trajectory of singular purpose. For the first Black female fighter pilot in the history of the U.S. Air Force, becoming a mother was an entirely different kind of mission, an unknowable challenge…
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Finding home: The little-known story of a Black orphanage in southern Colorado
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save PUEBLO • Black history hides in a dark, dusty bunker on the tumbleweed plains of southeast Colorado where World War I-era chemical weapons were once stored. Stored here now are reminders of a much different place. The Lincoln Home “was the only known orphanage of…
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‘I stand on the shoulders of everyone before me:’ Aurora Councilmember Stephanie Hancock reflects on Black History Month
“Black history isn’t one month for me, it’s a lifestyle that I’ve taken on as a person of color who lives in this county.” Stephanie Hancock, a Black member of Aurora City Council, said those words to The Denver Gazette Tuesday when asked what Black History Month meant to her. “For me to contribute to…
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In smalltown Colorado, a woman’s mission to restore a church — and keep her family’s story alive
MANZANOLA • The only sounds the town knows these days are the occasional cattle trailer rumbling down the street past abandoned storefronts, the occasional train that does not stop anymore, the crickets and the woodpecker and the dove. Now there’s hammering from a corner. A motor hums, powering the lift for the construction man reaching…
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Black History Month: Where to shop, eat and support Black-owned businesses in Denver
Black History Month runs from Feb. 1 to March 1 every year as a celebration of culture and achievements within the Black community. The beginning of Black History Month started in 1915 thanks to Carter G. Woodson according to the Association for the Study of African American Life and History. Woodson went to participate in…
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Colorado legislature declares Juneteenth an official state holiday
The Colorado legislature voted to designate Juneteenth as an official state holiday Monday, sending the proposal to Gov. Jared Polis for its final approval. The state House of Representatives passed Senate Bill 139 recognizing the holiday in a 61-2 vote. The bill received substantial bipartisan support — previously passing the state Senate in a 32-1…
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Colorado Senate approves making Juneteenth a state holiday
Juneteenth is one big step closer to becoming an official state holiday in Colorado after the state Senate approved the proposal on Monday. Juneteenth, also called Freedom Day and Emancipation Day, celebrates the emancipation of enslaved people in the United States. The holiday recognizes June 19, when Major General Gordon Granger announced slaves in Texas…
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save By Linda Navarro The Denver Gazette FRIDAY SATURDAY SATURDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY DAILY THROUGH MARCH 13 Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save More information Denver police investigate fatal shooting in North Capitol neighborhood The Denver Police Department is investigating a fatal shooting…
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Once a place of ruin and hard memories, Colorado Springs native restoring childhood landmark
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save His knees won’t carry him up and down the hill he ran as a child. Now Carl Bourgeois, 71, has an ATV. Now he can drive this slice of backcountry in the middle of the neighborhood on Colorado Springs’ west side. “Let me show you…