The Wilma J. Webb Research and Reading room on the 2nd floor of the Blair-Caldwell African American Research Library will be closed Friday, May 9 from 12-4 p.m. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

Blair-Caldwell AARL

Flyer that includes the details on how to submit a nomination for the 2025 Eleanor Gehres Award.

The Library Seeks Nominations for the 25th Anniversary of the Eleanor Gehres Award!

Kimiko Side, circa 1960s

Kimiko Side: Matriarch of the Colorado Japanese American Community

Photograph of cover of Anarchy, Los Angeles publication. Cover shows photo collage of riot damage and police officers.

Anarchy Los Angeles, the Black Panthers, and Watts, CA

Left, Adrienne Benavidez and Chet Whye, both seated, face Lt. Gary Leuthauser at a Public Safety Review Commission meeting.

A Look At The Denver Public Safety Review Commission Records

Juneteenth: Celebrate with Reflection and Intention

Juneteenth: Celebrate with Intention and Reflection

Juanita Ross Gray

Congratulations to the Nominees of the 2023 Juanita Gray Community Service Award

Illustrated portrait of Harry L Freeman

Harry Lawrence Freeman: Seeking Documentation on an Important Event in 19th-century African American Music History

Juanita Ross Gray

Request for Nominations - 2023 Juanita Gray Community Service Awards

View of the preparation for Valley Highway (I-25) construction, in Denver, Colorado; shows graded earth, houses, and a car.

The MetroDPA Social Equity Program: Down Payment Assistance for Denver's Redlined Residents & Their Descendants

George Morrison, Sr.MusicianViolinist, orchestra leader, music teacher, churchman and philanthropist; served on Mayor's Committee on Music, 1947-1960; furnished music on the famous Denver Post Special Train to Cheyenne, Wyoming Frontier Days Rodeo; received the 50-year pin from Mile-Hi Chapter of American Red Cross, 1969; composer and arranger of jazz, spirituals and classics; thirty-second degree Mason. Inducted 1973.

JAZZ IN FIVE POINTS: A BRIEF HISTORY: PART TWO

Autographed Photo of Duke Ellington

Jazz in Five Points: A Brief History: Part One

View of St. Cajetan's Catholic Church (now St. Cajetan's Center), 1190 9th (Ninth) Street in the Auraria neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. The church is surrounded by rubble, the remains of buildings destroyed for the Auraria Higher Education Center campus.

The Displaced Aurarian Scholarship & Where To Go For Documentation