Governor Jared Polis announced the 2024 Colorado Governor’s Citizenship Medals on Jan. 23, and Park Hill resident Ed Dwight was one of the honorees.

Ed Dwight grew up in segregated 1930s Kansas on ... In 1977, he earned his Master of Fine Arts in Sculpture from the University of Denver. Much of his work is of great figures from Black history ...

More than 60 years after he became the United States’ first Black astronaut candidate, Ed Dwight ... His sculptures are installed in museums across the country. Sunday, Dwight joined five ...