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1 online resource |
| Contents |
Introduction : Under the Radar: Blacks in New Mexico History / Bruce A. Glasrud -- Esteban / David J. Weber -- Intimacy and Empire : Indian-African Interaction in Spanish Colonial New Mexico, 1500-1800 / Dedra S. Mc Donald -- Africans and Discrimination in Colonial New Mexico : Don Pedro Bautista Pino's Startling Statements of 1812 in Perspective / Jim F. Heath and Frederick M. Nunn -- A Law That Would Make Caligula Blush? : New Mexico Territory's Unique Slave Code, 1859-1861 / Mark J. Stegmaier -- African Americans with Confederate Troops in West Texas and New Mexico / Martin Hardwick Hall -- Cathay Williams : Black Woman Soldier, 1866-1868 / Deanne Blanton -- Civilians and Black Soldiers in New Mexico Territory, 1866-1900 : A Cross-Cultural Experience / Monroe L. Billington -- Black Communities in New Mexico / Jeff Berg and M.A. Walton -- Another White Hope Bites the Dust : The Jack Johnson-Jim Flynn Heavyweight Fight in 1912 / Raymond Wilson -- Community Building on the Border : The Role of the 24th Infantry Band at Columbus, New Mexico, 1916-1922 / Horace Daniel Nash -- Anita Scott Coleman : New Mexico's "Unfinished Masterpiece" / Bruce A. Glasrud -- New Mexico's Black Women : Establishing Perspectives / Maisha Baton -- How Albuquerque Got Its Civil Rights Ordinance / George Long -- Between the Tracks and the Freeway : African Americans in Albuquerque / Roger W. Banks -- Haroldie Kent Spriggs and Sammie J. Kent : Integrating a White High School in the 1950s / Richard Melzer -- The Modern Civil Rights Movement in New Mexico, 1955-1975 by George M. Cooper -- African American Leaders in Recent New Mexico Politics, 1980-2010 / D. Scott Glasrud and Joshua Merrill |
| Summary |
Most people think of George McJunkin or the Buffalo Soldiers when they think about African American history in New Mexico, but the state's Black history is richer and more complex and continues to this day. This collection is aimed at providing an overview of the dynamic presence of African Americans throughout the state and its history.--adapted from description provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
African Americans -- New Mexico -- History
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African Americans -- New Mexico -- Biography
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX)
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY)
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African Americans
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New Mexico -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85091366
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New Mexico -- Biography
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| Subject |
New Mexico
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies
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History
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Glasrud, Bruce A
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| ISBN |
9780826353023 |
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0826353029 |
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