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A Spectrum of Mixed Feelings Brings Controversy To Denver Community
By: Charles Emmons
The political season is upon us. Mid-term elections are often viewed as not that critical, so voter turnout is small compared to presidential elections. But even though Denver Mayor Michael Hancock’s possible re-election to a third term is months away, there is cause for concern. In the last few months,...
Seize the Day: One Colorado Industry Ripe for Minority and Women Hires
By: Op-ed Wellington E. Webb
If there is one thing I have learned in my life is that if an opportunity presents itself, you must seize it or someone else will. With that thought, I want to share what may be a little known growing career opportunity for African Americans, Latinos and women. Nearly 1.9...
Law Enforcement in African American Communities Have a Long and Troubled History
By: Thomas Holt Russell
“We ain’t riotin’ against’ all you whites. We’re riotin’ agains’ police brutality, like that cab driver they beat up the other night. That stuff goes on all the time. When the police treat us like people ‘stead of treatin’ us like animals, then the riots will stop.” William Furr, 1967...
50th Anniversary of the Assassination of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
By: Alfonzo Porter
Last month, the world marked the 50th anniversary of the assassination of The Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. We watched as the U.S., in particular, paid tribute through documentaries, special broadcast programs, tributes, marches, parades, sweeping accolades by public officials and the requisite constant recitation of the “I Have a...
Digital Mentoring, Another App For Your Smartphone
By: Charles Emmons
Summer is on the horizon and with it comes summer vacations with young people involved in numerous activities, from family reunions to summer employment. Or perhaps it will be spent on idle time, which most think can be bad, but alternatively it can be good. Summertime is a great time...
Electric Slide, Cupid Shuffle and Now the Spectrum Strut Denver Urban Spectrum Turns 32 With A New Line Dance
By: Melovy Melvin
This month Denver Urban Spectrum celebrates 31 years of spreading the news about people of color. Last year’s 30th-anniversary momentous occasion included the debut theme song “More Today,” a reggae style remix of the 1969 classic “More Today Than Yesterday” by the Spiral Staircase. Performed by Denver vocalist Goatfish and...
Crème de la Crème Commemorate a Noteworthy Celebration
By: Luciana
Family, friends, political leaders and celebrities from throughout the country gathered in Denver on Feb. 24 to celebrate longtime political activists and community leaders Wilma and Wellington Webb. Guests gathered to recognize the couple’s diamond jubilee birthday, “75 Years and Then Some,” at the Exdo Events Center. Hosted by emcees...
9News anchor TaRhonda Thomas keeping Denver news factual and conversational
By: Laurence Washington
It’s 11:15 a.m. and 9News anchor TaRhonda Thomas, a six-time National Association of Black Journalist award-winning journalist, is vigorously typing her script for the noon broadcast she’ll be presenting in 45 minutes. Fast-forward: 11:45 a.m. Thomaspolishesher copy, and has a quick word with her producer as she heads into the...
New Hope Baptist Church Celebrates the Growth and Empowerment of Women For More Than Six Decades
By: Joella Bauman
For the 66th time, New Hope Baptist Church will hold its annual Women’s Day celebration in March. The church has only missed the celebration once, in 1979, since it was first implemented by Anna Lee Williams and her husband Rev. M.C. Williams. In 1952, New Hope Baptist Church in Denver...
The World Is Coming to Denver
By: Sid Wilson
There’s a lot of talk about Denver someday hosting the Super Bowl or the Olympics, but less well known is an event coming May 19-23 that will have an even bigger economic impact on Colorado than those two events. It’s called IPW. Don’t feel bad if you've never heard...
Rachel B. Noel’s Gift To Women’s History MSU Denver’s Annual Rachel B. Noel Distinguished Visiting Professorship
By: Melovy Melvin
Rachel B. Noel was the first African American woman elected to public office in Colorado, when elected as the first African American to the Denver Public Schools’ (DPS) Board of Education and she was the first African American woman elected statewide in Colorado when she was elected as the first...
Education Activist Gerie Grimes: A Colorado Women’s Hall of Famer
By: Laurence C. Washington
Since high school, HOPE Center’s CEO Gerie Grimes, 66, has been an advocate for people’s rights. Hope Center serves special-needs and at risk children and adults. “I would say growing up in the ‘60s and‘70s, when the movement was there, I was always about trying to make a difference in...
