Hattie Smith, 97, has spent most of her life in Denver. She's become a pillar in the community, volunteering for civil rights causes and for her church. via MicahSmith_TV
DENVER – Sitting on a couch in her Park Hill home that she purchased in 1956, Hattie B. Smith, 97, scrolls through Facebook on her iPad.
Hattie says her iPad helps her keep up with fellow church members, her favorite sports team, the Denver Nuggets, and family members who live in other cities.“I was born in 1926 in Tchula, Mississippi. The “T” is silent. It’s about 90 miles north of Jackson, Mississippi,” Hattie said.“We got married in 1946,” she said.
“My baby was the first Black child to be born at Fitzsimons Hospital,” Hattie said. “When we first came here, from Five Points up to Downing Street is all they allowed for Black people.”“That's where all the night clubs, little bars were: 715, Rossonian and all those things. All the Black soldiers would go there,” she said. “The soldiers my husband met... not all of them, but some, they would come down and visit with us.
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