History of the town of Blackdom, New Mexico [Video]

UNDER THE PROJECT COMMUNITY TAG. IT’S THE MOST IMPORTANT BLACK HOMESTEADER COLONY IN NEW MEXICO. THE TOWN OF BLACKDOM, LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF ROSWELL. TODAY, THE TOWN IS NO MORE AS WE CELEBRATE BLACK HISTORY MONTH SASHA LENNINGER MET WITH A LOCAL HISTORIAN WHO SHARES NEW RESEARCH INTO THAT COMMUNITY. INTELLECTUAL TECHNOLOGY THOUGHT PROCESS, TERMINOLOGY AND TRANSLITERATION FOR DOCTOR TIMOTHY NELSON, 20TH CENTURY AFRICAN DESCENDANT PEOPLES REFUSED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PERPETUAL SMOLDERING OF THEIR DEHUMANIZATION. IT’S A TOPIC HE’S PASSIONATE ABOUT AND HAS BEEN RESEARCHING FOR YEARS. BLACKDOM WAS A REAL PLACE, A COMMUNITY MANY AFRICAN AMERICANS CALLED HOME IN THE EARLY 1900S. ONCE YOU PASS THE PECOS RIVER, YOU. THERE WERE NO MORE JIM CROW LAWS APPLIED. YOU KNOW, SOCIALLY. SO BLACK FOLKS WERE ABLE TO USE USE THE LOOPHOLE OF BEING IN A TERRITORY, FOR EXAMPLE, NOT A STATE, BECAUSE WE’RE TALKING 1903 TO TO LIVE OUT …