Timothye Nelson News Today

A historian provides new research into the town of Blackdom, which was an important Black homesteader settlement in New Mexico.

Nelson, whose book on Blackdom was published last summer, talks about the historical context in which the settlement existed and dispels the narrative that Blackdom was a failure.

Local historian provides new research into the town.

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Santa Fes Pride Parade and Pride on the Plaza, Zozobra stuffing and summer concerts fill the weekend schedule.

The Maxwell Museum of Anthropology at The University of New Mexico hosts a reception, art works, and lecture on Thursday, Feb. 23, starting at 3 p.m. to mark Black History Month. Everyone is welcome to join the reception with food, drinks, and engaging...

The museum is hosting a reception with artist Karen Collins and historian Timothy E. Nelson on Feb 23 for its Black History Month series.

COVID-19 by the numbers New Mexico health officials yesterday reported 259 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the statewide total so far to 186,156. The health department has designated 151,708 of those cases as recovered. Bernalillo County had 80 new cases, followed by Doña Ana County with 38 and Sandoval County with 24. Santa Fe County had 10 new cases. There also were 10 new cases reported among New Mexico Corrections Department inmates at the Lea County Correctional Facility, which had 37 new...

Copyright © 2021 Roswell Daily Record An online seminar hosted by the New Mexico Humanities Council (NMHC) on the historical township Blackdom on Feb. 23 attracted 87 participants. The audience was able to learn about the latest research and insights into the cultural and historical significance of the township of Blackdom, founded in 1903, 18 miles south of Roswell and 8 miles west of Dexter. By the mid-1920s, most residents had left, turning Blackdom into a ghost town. Bethany Tabor, NMHC pr...

The New Mexico State University Borderlands and Ethnic Studies, Chicano Programs and the Dean’s Fellows of Equity, Inclusion and Diversity at the College of Arts and Sciences are hosting a dialogue series titled, "Imagining and Shaping Pluriversities: Land-based Indigenous Knowledges and Pedagogies of Resistance." (Clockwise from left) Pluriversity Imagination Collective members, Judith Flores Carmona, interim director of Chicano Programs, associate professor and facul...