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Black History Month

Culture vultures: Appropriation, appreciation of Black culture

Culture vultures: Appropriation, appreciation of Black culture

Sulaiman Akbar, Staff Reporter March 8, 2023

Appropriating is different from appreciating culture. One of the Real Talk events at Colorado State University’s Black/African American Cultural Center discussed Black culture and the definition of "culture...

Immigration Law Office of Kimberly Baker Medina on Feb. 6. This building was the former residence of the Thomas family. After moving to Eaton in 1910 where they had their son Virgil, John and Mamie Thomas moved to this house in Fort Collins around 1930. Mamie worked as a cook for the school district and Virgil went to Fort Collins junior high and high school. Virgil became a star offensive lineman on the team and would later go on to accept a football scholarship from Wilberforce College  in Ohio and later would serve in the European theatre of World War II, fighting as an infantry corporal in Italy and Germany. John Thomas stayed in that home with his wife Mamie until he passed away around 1968. (Gregory James | The Collegian)

Fort Collins works to preserve City’s Black landmarks

Isaiah Dennings February 9, 2021

The City of Fort Collins Historic Preservation department created a website outlining narratives around Black historic locations within the city in an effort to preserve the sites as city landmarks.  Deeper...

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