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The George Washington Carver Day Nursery, Denver’s First Racially Integrated Day Care

From back of photograph: Demonstrators march against traffic during trek Saturday to Police Bldg. Lt. Jerry R. Caroccia drives police car.

Behind the Photo: Demonstrators March to the Denver Police Building, July 22, 1967

Juneteenth - June 19, 1865

Juneteenth: The Other Independence Day

Interior view at Dahlia Branch of the Denver Public Library in Denver, Colorado; a Black (African American) man sits at the counter. Paintings top bookshelves.

New Black History Titles in the Blair-Caldwell and Western History Collections at DPL

Events at the Blair-Caldwell Library

Black History Month Events 2015

Good Things Come in Threes: New Exhibits Opening at the Blair-Caldwell and Central Library

Art piece commemorating Juneteenth. It shows a metal chain broken, with "Juneteenth. June 19, 1865 - Galveston, Texas" in between the chain.

Obscure...Widely Unknown Facts About African American History

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