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The man who brought down the Ku Klux Klan in Colorado

New book looks deeply into a dark chapter in Colorado s past when the Ku Klux Klan reigned supreme, and tells the too-long untold story of the heroes who helped end it. ....

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History Colorado Releases Denver Metro KKK Ledgers

For eighty years, the state historical society had two thick ledgers in its possession that went largely unnoticed by anyone other than researchers who knew what they were looking for. The ledgers belonged to a private organization and included details about the men who d attended meetings of that organization, including their names, addresses, professions and whether they d paid their membership dues.
The sort of thing you would expect any organization to keep, explains Jason Hanson, chief creative officer and director of interpretation and research at History Colorado, but then you know which organization. It was the Ku Klux Klan, which had a strong grip on the centers of power in Colorado in the mid-1920s. ....

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A review of Colorado place names reveals a notorious, checkered past

To get to the Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site near Eads, where 230 Native Americans were murdered, you might drive through a town named for their murderer.
In between Eads and the turnoff, you’ll go through the unincorporated town of Chivington. It’s named for Civil War-era Col. John Chivington, who led the attack by the 1st and 3rd Colorado cavalries on Arapaho and Cheyenne living at Sand Creek that resulted in the slaughter. Half of those killed were women and children.
While Chivington may be an extreme case, dozens of sites around Colorado have taken on names that are now getting a new look as calls for equality grow louder amidst Black Lives Matter protests. ....

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