Tag: Martin Luther King Day
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MLK Day Stock Show rodeo inspires future Black riders
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save To Denver area local Sadie Jackson, the opportunity to perform at the National Western Stock Show represented something more than rodeo. The 17-year-old from Centennial competed in calf roping and barrel racing during the annual Martin Luther King Jr. African-American Heritage Rodeo at the Denver Coliseum. …
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Denver MLK Marade, other events close down city for holiday
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Single-digit temperatures won’t stop many people from streaming down East Colfax Avenue on Monday — Martin Luther King Jr. Day — for the annual Denver Marade, held in his honor since 1986. The annual Marade — a mashup of march and parade — is one of…