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#50YearsAgo | Albuquerque Journal Sunday, February 14, 1965

FIFTY YEARS AGO

ARTESIA -- A short time ago the Negro preacher from Blackdom, a Negro settlement in Chaves Count, came to Artesia to solicit funds for a new church. He received a liberal response to his plea for donations and went home well pleased with the consideration given him, but there are no Negroes residing in this town. Artesia is the only town of any size in New Mexico where colored race is absolutely barred out.