AfroFrontierism: Blackdom (1900 - 1930)
Timothy E. Nelson, Ph.D., Historian

Dr. Nelson's Research

Dr. Timothy E. Nelson’s News Clippings

 

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

#BlackdomPlat | Roswell Daily Record, May 22, 1920

“The $12,000 went toward fulfilling Boyer’s ambitions to establish an all-Negro county in New Mexico Territory. A site in Chaves county was selected and named Blackdom, and at one time 800 Negroes resided in the community.”

Las Cruces Sun-News, Sunday, March 30, 1947

Ella & Frank Boyer Plat Blackdom #FôrdēAcres Townquare, May 28, 1920

Roswell Daily Record, Saturday May 22, 1920 pg 3

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