The tale of Gretchen McRae ends with a cliffhanger.
It might be what first captures your attention about the longtime Colorado Springs resident, but there’s much more to be recognized and celebrated with the civil rights activist and artist who, in 1943, became the first Black woman to run for City Council.
“The details of Gretchen McRae’s life are sketchy, because there are few people alive who knew her well, and because her public life was ill-reported by a press that was as slow as its society to recognize worth beneath the surface. But a picture does begin to form as those who did meet her, however casually, cannot avoid the word ‘brilliant.’ Not quite so obvious, but still discernible, is that she had guts to match the brains,” wrote Gazette Telegraph reporter Ed Ashby in 1978 after McRae’s death.
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