Journalist, Suffragist, Anti-Lynching Activist
The Equal Justice Initiative, founded by social justice icon Attorney Bryan Stevenson, has documented the racial terror lynchings of 6,500 Black people; atrocities committed in the United States from 1865-1950.
Seven Black people were victims of racial terror lynchings in Colorado.
One of the victims was teenager Preston "John" Porter Jr.
Our Mission
The Colorado Lynching Memorial Project is a community-based effort to promote racial justice and racial reconciliation in our state; documenting the history of racial terror lynching, advocating for full acknowledgment of these murders, and ensuring that those whose lives were taken in the brutal campaigns are remembered with honor and dignity.
Our vision
To create a new legacy of racial justice and equity by shining the light of truth on Colorado's atrocious history of white supremacy and racial terror.