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 ...

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.