Tag: Green Book
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Coronado Motel in Pueblo recognized for role in African American travel
The owners of the Coronado Motel in Pueblo don’t spend on advertising. Guests who stay at the lodge return, charmed by the historic Pueblo-style building. Maybe it’s the thick, adobe walls or the wood-beamed ceilings. Maybe it’s the bell tower or the life-sized bear carvings. You can tell it’s loved by a whimsical touch. Little…
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LIFE | Coronado Motel recognized for role in African American travel
The Coronado Motel, formerly known as the Coronado Lodge, was a place listed in the Green Book as a place that welcomed African American travelers. The motel, located in Pueblo, sat on the pages of African American travel guides for a decade, and remained one of only three Colorado motels to be listed through 1967.…
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New History Colorado series aims to educate on Black history, foster conversations
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save In order to more fully tell the Black history story in Colorado, Dexter Nelson II knew he wanted to take a different approach. “A lot of times the Black experience is reduced to slavery, and then Martin Luther King, and then Obama,” said Nelson II,…