Black Americans

"We can all finally celebrate. The whole country together," says the 94-year-old who has been working for years to make Juneteenth a federal holiday.

Erie is a town of 27,003 people, according to 2019 Census estimates, that sits partially in both Boulder and Weld Counties. Their town board issued their first proclamation recognizing Juneteenth last year. The town — with a population that is 87% non-Hispanic white and 0.2% Black — will hold its inaugural Juneteenth celebration on Saturday.

June 19, 1865, marked a huge turning point for Black people in America. But many slave owners refused to comply. And even celebrating the date was discouraged in the years to come.

The yes vote comes a day after the Senate unanimously moved to recognize June 19 as a commemoration of the end of chattel slavery in the United States.

Author Clint Smith explains why Juneteenth isn't taught in schools and how that contributes to distorted views of slavery.

The cumulative mental health strain over the last year has been significant, but in many communities, mental health services continue to lag behind the need.

In the heart of Denver’s RiNo arts district, Charlie Billingsley has started a new pop-up museum dedicated to an experience rarely highlighted: the Museum for Black Girls.

The church recently joined a growing list of equity clinics taking place across the state. The pop-up vaccine distribution sites are designed to help quash racial disparities emerging in the rollout.

The Equal Justice Initiative's Community Remembrance Project is working with local communities to help uncover the lost stories of lynchings – including here in Colorado. Jennifer Taylor, a senior attorney at EJI, spoke with KUNC’s Colorado Edition about their work.

Most people know the story of Jackie Robinson, who integrated Major League Baseball in 1947 and paved the way for future athletes of color to finally achieve the status and recognition they deserved. But who paved the way for Jackie Robinson? According to Bob Kendrick, president of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, a chunk of that credit goes to a historic, yet largely unknown event in Denver, later dubbed "The Little World Series of the West."