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black history

5 Porch Notes tagged “black history,” from counties across Colorado.

History and culture - Weld County

Dearfield was a Black agricultural colony in Weld County

Dearfield began in 1910 as an African American agricultural colony in eastern Weld County, built on land, dryland farming, and self-reliance.

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History and culture - El Paso County

Fannie Mae Duncan made the Cotton Club a welcome room

Fannie Mae Duncan's Cotton Club on West Colorado Avenue became a remembered Colorado Springs place because she welcomed people across race lines.

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History and culture - El Paso County

The local NAACP story starts at Payne Chapel

Black residents founded Colorado Springs' NAACP branch at Payne Chapel in 1918, rooting the city's civil-rights story in real places.

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History and culture - Denver County

Five Points keeps Welton Street's cultural heartbeat on the map

In Denver's Five Points Historic Cultural District, Welton Street is treated as a cultural main street, not a frozen museum block.

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History and culture - Summit County

Barney Ford's house in Breckenridge tells a Black pioneer's story

The Barney Ford House Museum in Breckenridge preserves the home of a formerly enslaved man who became a businessman and civil rights advocate in early Colorado.

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