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Ethiopian Engineer Tsegaye Hailu 1991
Somali Girl Studying 1993
Eritrean Family 1984

Black History Month

Herbert "Sleepy" Reaves - from the collection of Paul Stewart
Payne - from the collection of Paul Stewart
Robert Mitchell - from the collection of Paul Stewart

Veterans of the Past - African American Soldiers

Jazz Enthusiast
Darkroom Sign
Darkroom Sign

Acclaimed Western Photographers ~ Burnis McCloud

Four African American teenage campers stand by a truck at Camp Nizhoni in Lincoln Hills (Gilpin County), Colorado. One camper holds a patterned, wide-brimmed hat. The license plate on the Ford truck reads: "Colo. 1937  1-82702."
African American teenage campers wear swim suits and swim caps as they splash in South Boulder Creek in Camp Nizhoni in Lincoln Hills (Gilpin County), Colorado. A campground building and flagpole are in the distance.
View of the dam at the entrance of Big Thompson Canyon (Larimer County), Colorado. Water flows over the dam, and a small concrete building near large pipes is shown.

Discovering Lincoln Hills: Camp Nizhoni

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