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How a Colorado law school dug into its history to celebrate its unsung Black graduates

  • Written by Rebecca Ciota, Assistant Teaching Professor, Law School, University of Colorado Boulder
How a Colorado law school dug into its history to celebrate its unsung Black graduatesThe first known Black law student at the University of Colorado is pictured in a class photo from 1899.Courtesy of the University of Colorado Law School.

Class portraits line the hallways of the University of Colorado Law School, the faces of former students gazing down at the building’s current inhabitants. In a dimly lit recess in the...

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