History

Hours after 10 people were killed in a mass shooting in a Boulder King Soopers, memorials began popping up with flowers, cards and artwork commemorating the victims. The Museum of Boulder is working with local officials, as well as organizations across the country, to archive this moment in history while giving the community space to grieve.

Some Indigenous histories are preserved in stories, songs, ceremonies and elder testimony that are passed down orally — rather than with written records. These histories can constitute important evidence of past events. But they're sometimes ruled inadmissible as evidence in the American justice system.

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.

The coronavirus pandemic has stalled the push to establish the Amache internment camp in southeastern Colorado as a unit of the National Park System. The Colorado Sun reports the crisis has stifled the normal schedule of public comment and wreaked havoc on the prescribed timeline.

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."

Today marks the 100th anniversary of women’s right to vote in the United States. But that right came much earlier in the Mountain West.

A history museum in Colorado has offered to display the Civil War statue toppled by protesters outside of the state Capitol earlier this summer.

In his new book, Surrender, White People!, Hughley suggests we consider whether our national holidays speak to the entire nation — along with other bitingly funny ideas for addressing injustice.

This story was powered by America Amplified , a public radio initiative. As Black Lives Matter rallies continue across the country, some counter...

As the coronavirus sweeps the nation, 85-year-old Margaret Sullivan watches and records the changes from inside her retirement home in Virginia.