Activists have recently inundated community meetings urging the removal of the name Stapleton from the neighborhood due to Mayor Benjamin F. Stapleton’s Klan ties during the 1920s.
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Letters to the Editor
Three readers sent letters about the Stapleton name change.
What’s in a Name?
SUN Name Change 2 from Steve Larson on Vimeo.

“KKKpleton” is the name Denver activist Aaron Johnson prefers to use when he talks about the neighborhood others call Stapleton.
Historic Montclair Home: Richthofen Castle

Many of us catch glimpses of it from the street, but few have had the chance to enter its gates.
July 30, Surviving Skokie
Surviving Skokie is an intensely personal story of Holocaust survivor, Jack Adler, and his son, Eli Adler.
Nature’s Amazing Machines at DMNS
Nature's Amazing Machines from Steve Larson on Vimeo.

Have you wondered why a duck’s feet don’t freeze in icy water?
History Colorado – What’s Old Is New Again

The March opening of Backstory: Western American Art in Context at History Colorado Center stamps the imprimatur of a new era on the institution, but one that returns the museum to its heritage, rooted in local and material culture.
Just the Facts: The Hardest Stuff in Colorado
Jim Ward: The Man Who Made Manual Busing A Success

In 1974, acting under the direction of the U.S. Supreme Court, Judge William Doyle issued an order that the Denver Public Schools (DPS) be desegregated.
Dance and Culture for All—from Professionals to School Children

Cleo Parker Robinson is known both for her talent as a dancer and her tenacity in creating a cultural arts institution that serves more than 60,000 people each year.