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June 24, 2025: Black Pride Colorado marks 5 year milestone; Was Captain Kidd really a notorious pirate?

By Chandra Thomas Whitfield
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Tara Jae (right) is the executive director of Youth Seen and co-founder of Black Pride Colorado. The advocacy organization for Black LGBTQ+ people in Colorado is celebrating its 5th anniversary this month. RaeShanda Lias was the featured speaker at Black Pride Colorado’s 5th Annual Strange Fruit of Black Excellence Gala, Friday, June 13 at the Denver Art Museum.

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June 24, 2025: Black Pride Colorado marks 5 year milestone; Was Captain Kidd really a notorious pirate?

June is Pride Month, centered on acknowledging the accomplishments and the experiences of members of the LGBTQ+ community. And for one Colorado nonprofit, it’s also time to celebrate a big milestone and focus on the work left to be done. Then, Colorado author and history buff Samuel Marquis sets the record straight about his ninth-great-grandfather, the notorious pirate Captain Kidd, who was not at all the pirate legend might have you believe.

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