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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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Jackie Robinson, second from left, and Bob Feller, second from right, were beaming when they were inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1962. They were selected in their first year of eligibility. Robinson got his start in the Negro Leagues.
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