James "Dr. Daddio" Walker
Radio Station Owner
Pioneer of Black Radio - "Soul to the Rockies." The first owner of an urban radio station, West of the Mississippi river - "Power 1510 KDKO". He gave true recognition to the black community for its...
Oglesvie L. Lawson (Sonny) 1893-1969
Pharmacist
Co-owner of Radio Drug Store for fifty years; political leader and counselor; thirty-third degree Mason; an original member of Denver Career Service, 1955; first black to serve on Denver Public...
Syl Morgan-Smith
Communicator and Community Leader
Mrs. Syl Morgan-Smith was one of the first African American television news anchorwomen in Colorado. She was a weather forecaster, sportscaster, television talk show host, newspaper editor, and...
Index originally created by Henrietta Bromwell in 1933 of 31,000 items regarding biographies and portraits of politicians, miners, club women, newspaper editors, artists, businessmen, legislators, early settlers, settlements, mines, geographical...
Press members in military foul-weather gear, crouch in snow among rocks during the annual New Year's Eve Pikes Peak climb by the AdAmAn Club. Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. One holds food; another talks on a portable radio phone, a...
AdAmAn Club (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Journalists--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1950-1960.; Mountaineering--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1950-1960.;...
Two AdAmAn club members stand in front of a ice wall with icycles and prepare for the annual New Year's Eve Pikes Peak climb, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. The men wear parkas and mittens; one has a backpack with an antenna, the other...
AdAmAn Club (Colorado Springs, Colo.); Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Clubs--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1950-1960.; Ice--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1950-1960.; Mountaineering--Colorado--Colorado...
Brothers José Filiberto Martinez, far left with violin and Gaspar Martinez, 2nd left with guitar, play with a rural folk band in San Luis Valley, Colorado. Other musicians include a second man with a violin, a man with a washtub, and two men...
African Americans--1910-1920.; Hispanic Americans--1910-1920.; Musicians.; Martinez, Gaspar--Pictorial works.; Martinez, Jose Filiberto--Pictorial works.; African Americans--San Luis Valley (Colo. and N.M.)--Pictorial works.; Folk musicians--San...
Photograph of a wood carving depiction of the Four Freedoms by James Gertin, an African-American (Black) student, at Manual Training High School in Denver, Colorado. "The Four Freedoms" is carved at the top of the piece. A radio microphone...