Photograph of a man climbing flag pole while painting it out side of University Park Elementary School in Denver, Colorado.
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Photograph of the exterior of the addition building to University Park Elementary School in Denver, Colorado.
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Exterior photograph of University Park Elementary School in Denver, Colorado.
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Photograph of the exterior of University Park Elementary School located in Denver, Colorado.
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Photograph of the former gym converted to a classroom at University Park Elementary School in Denver, Colorado.
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Photograph of University Park Elementary School student Delires Carlson helping to clean up the classroom by returning a chair after a class activity in Denver, Colorado.
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Reproduction of several versions of a newsletter produced by Grace Methodist Church in Denver, Colorado. Dates included in the newsletter are: October 10 1878, March 9 1889 and March 14 1943.
Jack Bradley
Musician
Native Denverite; charter member of Denver Civic Symphony, 1935; first black member of Denver Symphony 1940-1941 and 1946-1949; first black person serving as a regular member of any United States symphony orchestra; presently...
George L. Brown, Jr.
Lieutenant - Governor of Colorado
World War II pilot; staff writer and night city editor, Denver Post, 1950-1964; first black senator in the Colorado Legislature, 1956-1974; director of Denver Urban Coalition, 1969-1974;...
Thomas Campbell, L.L.D. 1869-1957
Attorney
Graduated from Howard University School of Law, Washington, D.C., in 1893; first black man to practice law in the Indian Territory, Oklahoma, 1893. Served as major in the Spanish American War, personally...
Elva Jones Dulan, R.N.
Counselor for Black Students, Loretto Heights College
One of the first 18 black nurses serving in Baltimore City Hospitals; one of the first 24 black nurses to enter the Army Nurses Corps, 1941; transferred to Fitzsimons...
Eugene Gash
Concert Pianist
First Native-born black Coloradan to perform at Carnegie Hall; Fulbright Scholar; Carnegie Scholar; former member of the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra; professor of music, University of California at Berkeley;...
Bernard F. Gipson, M.D.
Physician
Studied at Howard University; first chief of surgery, Lowry Air Force Base, 1954-1956; first black doctor in the West to become a member of the American College of Surgeons; presently a diplomat of the American...
Claudia J. Jordan
First African American County Court Judge in the State of Colorado
Jordan was the first African American hired as a Research Assistant for the Legislative Council in Colorado. In 1980 she received her law degree from the...
Sebastian Cabot Owens
Director, Colorado Urban League
Minority groups field representative, 1941-1948; Urban League of Colorado, 1948-1975; executive director, Urban League of Colorado, 1952. Guest lecturer at University of Denver and University...
Cleo Parker Robinson 1948-
Artistic Director of Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Ensemble
Cleo Parker Robinson is the Artistic Director of the only multi-cultural dance arts organization of its kind in this region. The organization has received the...
Exterior photograph of the Bonfils Memorial Theater, current the Tattered Cover Bookstore, located in Denver, Colorado. Marguee on building reads "Lowenstein Theatre". The primary mover in the development, funding, and creative direction of the...
Exterior photograph of the Bonfils Memorial Theater, current the Tattered Cover Bookstore, located in Denver, Colorado. Marguee on building reads "Lowenstein Theatre". The primary mover in the development, funding, and creative direction of the...