Melissa Boateng is still scared. It’s a quiet fear, not one expressed through echoes of rally chants and parades of protesters, but one that follows her from her Denver home out into her community. This time last year, Boateng, now 18, had recently led a youth-centered Black Lives Matter protest that drew a crowd of […]
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Ku Klux Klan membership records made public in Denver
History Colorado has debuted an online archive of 1,300 pages of original Ku Klux Klan membership records from 1924 through 1926, previously on public display at the History Colorado Center in downtown Denver. History Colorado digitized the hate group’s ledgers, which include about 30,000 entries, to highlight the widespread racism built into the city’s political […]
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Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin found guilty of murder and manslaughter in death of George Floyd
By Amy Forliti, Stephen Groves, Tammy Webber and Steve Karnowski, The Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS — Former Minneapolis Officer Derek Chauvin was convicted Tuesday of murder and manslaughter for pinning George Floyd to the pavement with his knee on the Black man’s neck in a case that touched off worldwide protests, violence and a furious reexamination […]
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Colorado judge resigns after state Supreme Court censure over multiple reports of racial bias
By Colleen Slevin, Associated Press A Colorado judge will resign after being censured for repeatedly saying a racial slur in a conversation with a Black employee, expressing her views on racial justice while on the bench as well as using court employees to work on personal business. The Colorado Supreme Court issued the censure for […]
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Littwin: As the Derek Chauvin trial continues, so does police killing of unarmed Black men
It is unimaginable — and yet, somehow, perfectly believable — that an unarmed Black man was shot and killed by police after a routine traffic stop just 10 miles from the site of Derek Chauvin’s trial in the death of George Floyd. It is unimaginable — and yet, of course, all too believable — that […]
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Wilson: African immigrants often blindsided by American racial hatred
When the Diol family finally made it to America from Senegal, I’m sure they didn’t picture their dreams going up in literal flames. But, early in the morning on Aug. 5, the Diols’ journey in America ended in tragedy. Arsonists set their house ablaze like a burning cross in the Jim Crow South. Three masked […]
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Nicolais: Professional athletes are Bucking the system
For the second time this year, I watched live as an NBA game made history. Hopefully the most recent will also lead to specific, meaningful changes. In early March, I watched as the Denver Nuggets played the Dallas Mavericks in what should have been a midseason matchup. It turned out to be the last NBA […]
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In 1963, America didn’t listen to the “language of the unheard.” We can’t afford to fail this time.
Colorado’s Living History is a regular feature in The Colorado Sun, in collaboration with History Colorado, showcasing opinion pieces by members of the State Historian’s Council that connect history with current events. On the evening of July 12, 1967, in Newark, New Jersey, two white police officers badly beat a black cab driver named John […]
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Opinion: To become a truly anti-racist society, we must go beyond police reform
Racism is not a new problem. It is not an accident, either. Our country’s forbears consciously wrote laws and policies to keep people of color from the rooms of power, to subjugate and oppress them, creating generations of suffering. Building racial justice must be an equally active process. Racial equity is more than an absence […]
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What’d I Miss?: Lucky 13
Myra has missed 30 years of her life, due to a coma, but has found a new friendship with her young neighbor, Ossie. Together, they both are searching for their place in this world. < Previous | Start from the beginning | Next > More cartoons from The Colorado Sun