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Known as the “Harlem of the West,” Five Points, Denver, CO was a predominately African American neighborhood. The community of nearly 6,000 residents included black doctors, lawyers, dentists, clergy, & railroad porters, as well as domestic workers. #CuratedByCommunity 
The major influx of African American residents came between 1911-1929, when restrictive housing covenants prohibited African Americans from buying properties elsewher. The community thrived with black owned businesses along Welton street. #CuratedByCommunity
In the 1920s, over 50,00 Coloradoans were in the Ku Klux Klan—one of the largest memberships in the nation. They used cross burnings and KKK marches to intimidate local African American residents. #CuratedByCommunity
