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Video: Black Gold: African Americans in Early Colorado by Adrian Miller

Watch the video of an informative and entertaining evening as Adrian Miller--a Denver-based, award-winning writer and amateur historian--shines a spotlight on the interesting African Americans who lived in Colorado before 1920.
Longmont Observer
Longmont Museum
“Sugar” Epperson, seated in the lower right, poses with the Longmont High Football Team in an undated photo. Such figures are highlighted in “Black Gold: The African-American Experience in Early Colorado,” scheduled for 7 p.m. today at Longmont Civic Center. (Courtesy Longmont Museum)

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Watch the video of an informative and entertaining evening as Adrian Miller--a Denver-based, award-winning writer and amateur historian--shines a spotlight on the interesting African Americans who lived in Colorado before 1920. We'll hear about artists, civil rights advocates, entertainers, entrepreneurs, faith leaders, inventors, politicians and restaurateurs who made our state a special place. Watch the talk given Feb 22nd,2018, by one of the Longmont Public Library's most popular presenters.

Presentation slides:

Download Black-Gold-African-Americans-in-Early-Colorado.compressed.pdf

Visit his website at: http://adrianemiller.com

For more on his book(s) visit: http://adrianemiller.com/about-the-book/

Part of the Longmont Public Library speaker series.

Adrian Miller on the future of Soul Food:

https://youtu.be/bblV17FAoLs

For more video's from Adrian:  https://goo.gl/GcK1Gc