Tag: Terri Gentry
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Aurora panelists reflect on history, legacy of MLK in Colorado
Famed civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. visited the Denver area at least six times in his life, according to Aurora History Museum curator Keith Outcelt, and his visits have left a enduring impression on many people who live in the area. Outcelt, who welcomed a room full of Denver-area residents to a discussion…
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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,…