Acoma Gaither

Associate Curator of Black History

Acoma Gaither is an Emmy Award-winning public historian and serves as the Associate Curator of Black History at History Colorado. She received her master’s degree in Heritage Studies and Public History at the University of Minnesota. 

Acoma Gaither
Acoma Gaither

Written by Acoma Gaither

  • Letter from Denmark to Carlotta LaNier, reading "Air Mail Please Give It to the Girl"

    From Little Rock to the Rockies: The Rising Resilience of Carlotta Walls LaNier

    Carlotta Walls was only fourteen when federal troops escorted her into Little Rock Central High School. Decades later, she shared her story of this iconic event at the height of the Civil Rights Movement, and how it shaped her life in Colorado.

  • Tag Team promotional picture, 1993.

    Tag Team Back Again

    History Colorado curators Acoma Gaither and Tara Kaufman recently sat down with Cecil “DC” Glenn and Steve Gibson of the iconic hip-hop duo Tag Team, who got their start in Denver and whose single “Whoomp! (There It Is)” went multi-platinum in the ’90s.

  • Portrait of Ada Belle Huff Evans

    Ada Belle Evans

    The trailblazing Black mayor who changed the face of Colorado.