Black History Month – Dorothy Ann King
Dorothy Ann Witt King was a community service and civil rights activists who advocated for economic opportunity and education for African Americans in... Read More
Black History Month – Olivia Juliette Hooker
Born February 12, 1915, Olivia Juliette Hooker was one of five children raised in Oklahoma where at the tender age of six,... Read More
Unbought and Unbossed
Shirley Chisholm, the first Black woman elected to Congress, was a passionate advocate for the needs of minorities, women and children. During... Read More
Jazz in Five Points: A Brief Local History
Five Points was one of the first neighborhoods to develop in Denver. The name refers to the five-way junction at Washington Street,... Read More
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
In 1951, a 31-year-old mother of five sought medical treatment at Baltimore’s Johns Hopkins Hospital and was diagnosed with an aggressive form... Read More
Black History Month: Cassius Clay’s Metamorphosis
On this final Friday of Black History Month, we honor one of the most celebrated athletes and civil rights icons of the... Read More
