Ben Stapleton was an influential Denver mayor. He was also in the Ku Klux Klan. Now, his great-grandson is running for governor. The challenge: Convincing voters he can lead them into the future just as the state grapples with his family's past.https://nyti.ms/2OegzXd
“I have never thought that the sins of the father should be visited on the children, and I certainly don’t think they should be visited on the great-grandchildren.”
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But governors can — if they choose — take on history. Gov. Hickenlooper became the first to issue an apology for the Sand Creek Massacre, an attack on hundreds of Cheyenne and Arapahoe people in 1864.
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Should Stapleton decide to approach the Klan’s role in Colorado, Patty Limerick said, she is “eager and willing” to help.
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