Black History
- CU Boulder scholar Ashleigh Lawrence-Sanders reflects on what has and hasn’t changed since 1964.
- New exhibition opening Friday at CU Art Museum created by socially engaged artists-in-residence to honor Black girls and women.
- Co-star of The Color Purple joins Colorado governor, CU president and chancellor, along with a cadre of artists, to celebrate the Center for African and African American Studies and Black History Month.
- Reiland Rabaka, a CU Boulder professor of ethnic studies, joins The Ampersand to discuss art, activism, the importance of building community and how his first-grade teacher introduced him to W.E.B. Du Bois and changed his life.
- Scholar to use award to finish book project on how African Americans have retained Black Civil War memories.
- Denver resident Ken Washington joined Stanford’s chapter of Sigma Chi, igniting controversy and a legal challenge at the University of Colorado.
- Black history snapshot: Racial bias hindered Charles and Mildred Nilon’s search for a home to buy, but they strove to make the university more inclusive and welcoming to those who came after
- A Black history snapshot: student legislators and university leaders fought against ‘gentlemen’s agreement’ to bar Black players