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A life-size statue of Fannie Mae Duncan stands outside the Pikes Peak Center, close to where Duncan’s Cotton Club once stood on Cascade Avenue in downtown Colorado Springs. The statue was created by sculptor Lori Kiplinger Pandy and was spearheaded by retired middle school English teacher Kay Esmiol, whose students wrote a play, “Everybody Welcome,” about Duncan in 1993.
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