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BILL SUMMARY For HISTORY COLORADO RESEARCH UPDATE

JOINT COMMITTEE COMMITTEE ON BLACK COLORADAN RACIAL EQUITY STUDY COMMISSION
Date Sep 30, 2026       Location Old Supreme Court

History Colorado Research Update - Committee Discussion Only


03:11:05 PM  
Chloe Duplessis, Program Manager, and Dr. Melissa Jones, Lead Research Historian from History Colorado presented a research update (Attachment A).
03:28:00 PM  

The committee paused to review the official letter from 1860 offered by Acoma Gaither, Associate Curator of Black History at History Colorado (Attachment B).

03:32:21 PM  
The panelists spoke to the evidence of slaves after statehood in 1876.