and last updated 2021-01-19 00:39:46-05 DENVER â On Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the trailblazing icon for Civil Rights is remembered while communities across the country acknowledge progress and continued calls for equality in America. In Colorado, public records requests done by The Gazette and Colorado Politics highlight disparities by Coloradans of color in the ongoing COVID-19 vaccine distribution. "We're just seeing for the first time some really concerning numbers, where one in 16 white Coloradans have been able to access the vaccine thus far in the categories that have been opened up. Whereas only one in 50 Latino Coloradans and one in 35 Black Coloradans have been able to receive the vaccine," Sen. Julie Gonzales, D-Denver, said. Knowing that we're still in those beginning first phases of vaccine distribution is cause for concern."