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• Blair-Caldwell African American Research Library

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  [Summarized from the BCAARL webpage] The Blair-Caldwell African American Research Library, part of Denver Public Library System, is a research library and museum dedicated to preserving and showcasing the many contributions of African…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Douglas County Clippings Notebook

  African-American Pioneers of Douglas County

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  This binder contains a comprehensive research essay on African American individuals and families that lived in Douglas County in the late 19th century; it references newspaper articles and census records among other sources. Also included…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• African Americans on the Western Frontier

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  An overview of the experience of Black Americans in the western United States, especially during the era of westward migration. Its citations are detailed, and an extensive bibliography provides many avenues to further research.

• Black Cowboys of the Old West

  True, Sensational, and Little-known Stories From History

  Wagner, Tricia Martineau

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  This book compiles stories of Black cowboys and ranch hands in the early American West.

• The Buffalo Soldiers

  a Narrative of the Negro Cavalry in the West

  Leckie, William H.

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  Published in 1967, this book lists the duties and victories of the 9th and 10th Regiments of the Negro U.S. Cavalry, commonly known as the Buffalo Soldiers. Dispatched to the frontier after the Civil War, the Buffalo Soldiers played a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Essays in Colorado History. No. 3

  Colorado Historical Society

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  See "Black Children, White Law: Black Efforts to Secure Public Education in Central City, Colorado, 1864-1869" (55-79) by William M. King.

• Colorado Heritage

  the Journal of the Colorado Historical Society : 1988

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  See "Dearfield...A Dream Deferred" by Karen Waddell (2-12) to read about a historic all-black agricultural community in northern Colorado.

• The Colorado Magazine

  Vol. 52, No. 1 : Winter 1975

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  See "William J. Hardin: Colorado Spokesman for Racial Justice, 1863-1873" by Eugene H. Berwanger (52-65).

• Colorado Heritage

  the Journal of the Colorado Historical Society : 2011

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  See "Freedom and Slavery in the Pikes Peak Country, 1859-61" by William J. Converey.

• Colorado Heritage

  the Journal of the Colorado Historical Society : 2013

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  See "The Dry: African American Homesteading on Southeastern Colorado's Plains" by Thomas Carr.

• Colorado Heritage

  the Journal of the Colorado Historical Society : 1996 - Spring

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  See “By Force of Arms: The Buffalo Soldiers of Colorado” by William W. Gwaltney and Thomas Welle.

• Colorado Heritage

  the Journal of the Colorado Historical Society : 1998 - Autumn

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  See “Of Myth and Men: The Trail of the Black Cowboy” by Keith Schrum.

• The Harvard Guide to African-American History

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  An overview of African American history that provides a good reference for historical events, people and patterns. Published in 2001, it may be somewhat outdated.