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Fox 31 2024

Preston John Porter Jr. was a Black 15-year-old who worked as a railroad worker in Limon in 1900. A vigil honoring him and remembering his life was held on Nov. 16.

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Fox 31 2023

Following Pres. Biden's announcement to dedicate monuments to Emmet Till, FOX31's Alex Rose spoke to an MSU professor regarding the state's history of lynchings.

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Aurora Sentinel

'Most people are just completely shocked that this could have happened in Colorado'

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Denverite

A new sign downtown recognizes Denver’s role in the lynching of a 15-year-old boy

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In an era of tearing down monuments, Colorado lynching sites may gain historical markers.

Colorado Public Radio interview with coalition members Judy Ollman and Rosemary Lytle

 

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Colorado Public Radio Interview With Alan Prendergast

 

Why People are Honoring this Colorado Lynching Victim With a Soil Ceremony

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Colorado Public Radio 

Lynching Memorial Honors 3 Colorado Victims, But There's More To The State's History

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5280 Article

118 Years Ago, a Denver Teen Was Publicly and Brutally Murdered

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Westword Article 

 

The Murder of Preston Porter Jr. and Colorado's Grim History of Lynchings


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The Colorado Lynching Memorial Project is a community-based, volunteer-run, nonprofit organization working to promote racial justice and racial reconciliation in our state by documenting the history of racial terror lynching, advocating for full acknowledgment of these murders, and ensuring that those whose lives were taken in these brutal campaigns are remembered with honor and dignity.

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