January 2006 Press Release
Colorado Endowment for the Humanities Sponsors Black History Live Tour
In February 2006, the Colorado Endowment for the Humanities (CEH) will help celebrate Black History
Month by sponsoring Black History Live – a five-day tour held in Denver and along the Front Range
featuring Hasan Davis, a noted poet, scholar, storyteller, youth advocate, and Chautauquan from
Kentucky. While on tour, Davis will appear as African-American characters from the past including: York,
the only black member of the 1803 Lewis and Clark expedition, and Angus Augustus Burleigh, a19 th
century ex-slave, soldier and scholar. Hasan also will be doing cultural awareness programs for middle
and high school audiences.
The tour will be held Monday through Friday, February 6-10, and will travel to schools, libraries and
community centers, including Simchat Torah Beit Midrash, Full Circle Inter-Generational Project, Inc., and
Blair Caldwell African American Research Library, in Denver; Denver-metro area high schools; Tesla
Educational Opportunity School and East Middle School in Colorado Springs; and Smoky Hill Library and
Thunderidge Middle School in Centennial.
Overall, Black History Live will reach over 4,000 students, adults and families throughout the Denvermetro area and the Front Range. This CEH sponsored tour is free and open to the public.
CEH would like to thank Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company, the Black Leadership Forum in
Colorado Springs, Urban Spectrum, and Tim and Betty Jo Brenner for supporting this unique tour.