Posts Tagged ‘southern New Mexico’
NM Supreme Court Upholds Redrawn Congressional Map
12.8.23 – Last month, the New Mexico Supreme Court handed Republicans a defeat when the justices ruled that the state’s redrawn congressional map was constitutional. The case began in early 2022, when the GOP filed a lawsuit alleging state Democrats drew new lines for District 2 in a way that weakened the voting power of…
Read MoreBlackdom, New Mexico: The Significance of the Afro-Frontier, 1900-1930
11.3.23 – Founded at the turn of the 20th century, Blackdom was a freedom colony in southern New Mexico formed by Black settlers hoping to escape the Jim Crow south. New Mexico in Focus correspondent Russell Contreras sits down with Dr. Timothy Nelson to talk about his new book, “Blackdom, New Mexico: The Significance of…
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