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African American pioneers of Colorado First name Last name Image Birth–death Year Description Charles Autobees (1812–1882) 1847 Trapper, trader, and founder of Autobees, Colorado: James Beckwourth (c. 1799–c. 1866) 1822 (c.) American mountain man, fur trader, and explorer. He was mixed-race and born into slavery in Virginia.
Pioneer Ledyard C. Jones (1895–1971) 1973 Bookkeeper and auditor Honorable Raymond Dean Jones (1945–) 1990 Colorado's first African-American appellate judge Honorable Claudia J. Jordan (1953–) 1996 Colorado's first African-American woman county court judge Chief Roderick Juniel 2020 First African American Chief of the Denver Fire Department
Colorado was partially delayed from becoming a state due to its requirement for suffrage for African Americans.[needs citation] African American pioneers came to the territory prior to the American Civil War, including James Beckwourth who was an explorer and mountain man beginning in 1822.
Populated places in Colorado established by African Americans (3 P) Pages in category "African-American history of Colorado" The following 18 pages are in this category, out of 18 total.
Elinor Wilson has defended Beckwourth's narration as a valuable source of social history, especially for life among the Crow, although not all its details are reliable or accurate. [7] The civil rights movement of the 1960s celebrated Beckwourth as an early African-American pioneer. He has since been featured as a role model in children's ...
John T. Gunnell (1836 – June 26, 1902 [1]) served in the Colorado House of Representatives from 1881 to 1883 during the Third General Assembly. He has the distinction of being the first African American to serve in the Colorado Legislature.
List of African American pioneers of Colorado; Society of Colorado Pioneers; A. Henry Allen (Colorado settler) ... History of slavery in Colorado; Julia Archibald Holmes;
Although she was unsuccessful, she paid the way for 16 or more relatives and others who were former slaves to move to Colorado. Finally, in 1882 she reunited with her daughter Eliza Jane and Eliza Jane's daughter. In 1885, the last year of her life, Clara Brown was voted into the Society of Colorado Pioneers for her role in Colorado's early ...