DENVER — Black History in Colorado dates back more than 200 years. Many remember Barney Ford, a black man born into slavery in Virginia who eventually found freedom in Colorado, making way for others.

This is Barney Ewell Week in Lancaster, a celebration culminating in the 100th anniversary of his birthday; it was organized by a group of Ewell’s friends, including Jeremiah Miller, McCaskey High ...

Editor’s note: This story was updated to clarify the year that a letter Ford wrote appeared in a Chicago newspaper and to include the correct name of Breckenridge History. With days to go before the ...

DENVER (CBS4)- Gov. Jared Polis declared the first day of Black History Month, Feb. 1, 2022, Barney Ford Day. Barney Ford, a Black leader in Colorado, is remembered for his remarkable life and the ...

With a show at Kasmin and a new book of rediscovered photographs, both called “The Beginning,” the ethnographer of the elite reflects on finding her voice. Tina Barney’s self-portrait, 2023, in her ...

It seems that for every toddler who adored Barney & Friends, there was an older grinch who couldn't stand the big purple dinosaur — and some who even did him physical harm. The full documentary is now ...

If you were to compile a quick, off-the-top-of-your-head list of civil rights-era heroes (no Googling allowed), Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks and a few others might immediately spring to mind.

Aside from planting that song in everyone’s head (again), “I Love You, You Hate Me” is an amusing look back at the “Barney & Friends” phenomenon, and the over-the-top torrents of hostility the PBS ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. An oral history interview with Barney A. Ebsworth conducted 2017 April 12-13, by Mija Riedel, for the Archives of American Art and the Center for ...