Questions that I cannot answer at this time:
- Most importantly: how do these race-based documents & rules influence Jefferson County today? What are the legacies of these policies & laws? What needs to be done to rectify the wrongs committed by our elected officials who acted on behalf of general public?
- Who came up with the language—surveyors, developers, realtors, local government, federal government?
- Why do some maps lack the language?
- Was this an oversight or deliberative?
- Where did the African Americans live in Jeffco in 1920? 30? 40? 50?
- Why did the African American population of Jeffco go down through those years?
- Did work change & people left?
- Were they forced out?
- Was their area redeveloped and thus they had to leave?
- Was the original population just old & died off?
- Did they leave by own choice?
- Did they feel unwelcome & moved to a place more welcoming (5 Points, etc.)?
- Is there any connection between the developers & racism?
- Surveyors?
- Original owners?
- Are there other plats out there?
- What about the deeds?
- Is there language in the deeds?
- Is there a redline map(s) for Jeffco?
- What is the Census data with racial breakdowns for 1920 to the present?
- Are there advertisements for any of the developments?
- Do those contain race-based language?
- Is there a history of African Americans in Jefferson County written?
- The KKK was big in the 1920s in Golden & Denver, how did that influence things?
- Why did things suddenly change in 1950?
- What is the history of the laws?
- How were the laws enforced?
- Are there any notable cases in Jeffco?
- Why is there no data for most of Golden and Arvada?
- Is that because they had separate records?
- Or they weren’t platted but we can find deeds?
- Did anyone go back & add the language to pre-existing covenants or deeds?
- How aware were people aware of this practice at the time?
- Was the language standard across the US?
- Only in Colorado?
- Only in Jeffco?
- Were people doing it out of racism/malice?
- Or just following the law/rules?
- Are there incidences of mob justice or mob enforcement for racial segregation in Jeffco?