“Marking the Fourth of July often involves fireworks and hot dogs, but for a few hundred people marching through Five Points on Saturday, Samuel Elfay said, “Today’s about giving people who don’t feel like they’re free a voice to speak.” Elfay, 19, helped lead a demonstration and rally that started and ended at Manual … [Read more…]
“…. In the three census tracts that make up Denver’s once-black Five Points and Curtis Park neighborhoods, the poverty rate among whites, who now make up about six in 10 residents, is 11 percent. Among blacks it is 43%, data provided by Shift Research Lab shows. The share of white owner-occupied homes is 78%. … [Read more…]
“When people began gathering at the State Capitol last week to protest the death of George Floyd, racism and police brutality, Zac Gabani saw himself clearly in their cause. “I understand what these people are going through,” said Gabani, whose father was from Sudan. “I myself have had an injustice done against me by … [Read more…]
“As violent clashes with police marred protests nationwide over the death of George Floyd, thousands of people peacefully marched through Denver’s streets on Monday night, walking from downtown and into the heart of the city’s historically black neighborhoods of Five Points and Curtis Park, before kneeling with fists raised in the street in front … [Read more…]