#BlackdomMemorial | The Santa Fe New Mexican Friday, January 29, 2010
Telling New Mexico Inaugural Lecture First in a series, in conjunction with the exhibit Telling New Mexico: Stories From Then and Now. Topic: The Pioneers of the Blackdom Community and the African-American Experience in New Mexico, speakers: Pastor Landjur Abukusumo, founder and chairman of the Blackdom Memorial Foundation. Thomas Lark, African American Performing Arts Center curator, and Gregory Allen Waits, Blackdom Memorial Gardens project designer: The AfroGospel Praise Experience ensemble performs during the program, 2 p.m.. New Mexico History Museum Auditorium, 113 Lincoln Ave.. $10. tickets available at the NMHM and Palace of the Governors shops or online. museumfoundation.org.