Afro-Frontier: Blackdom, New Mexico  (1900-1930)
The Significance of the Afro-Frontier

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Most recently published articles (at the top) - Celebrating the Blackdom Centennial

#BlackColonizer | "Alabama Has Town of Negroes Alone & It Succeeds," May 8, 1916

New Castle New May 8, 1916

New Castle New May 8, 1916

“After several years' struggle against heavy odds, including local unsympathetic and gloomy predictions of failure by #Wipepo of neighboring towns, Hobson City, Alabama, the only municipality in the United States with one exception which is wholly populated and conducted by negroes, has won its battle by demonstrating that it is a pronounced success."

New Castle News, May 8, 1916