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1969 was a historic time, and while 55 years later you can easily remember to commemorate man walking on the moon, the Stonewall riots and the first ever Woodstock festival, another 2024 milestone took place right here at UNM. The Black Student...
He didn’t realize it for a long time, but the number Rev. Dr. Charles Becknell Sr. wore when he played basketball for the Hobbs High School Eagles now has a special connotation.
Today, Apr. 4, marks 55 years since the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Junior. Reverend Charles Becknell, the New Mexico Chapter President of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, is honoring his legacy.
To be clear, Critical Race Theory is a legal research framework that was founded 40 years ago to evaluate racial progress of African Americans.
1:26 pm UTC Feb. 19, 2021 At a time when the simple act of traveling through the United States often put Black people in physical danger, “The Negro Motorist Green Book” was an essential guide to safe spaces. Published by Victor Hugo Green annually from 1936 to 1966, the Green Book helped Black travelers in the Jim Crow period find hotels, restaurants, gas stations andother businesses that would serve them. The Academy Award-winning movie "Green Book" renewed interest in the publication, which had ceased publishing after major civil rights legislation passed in the 1960s. Today, a new ...