Nothing remains of the com Triunity of Blackdom — but it used to lie some 20 miles northwest of Artesia Elvis Fleming of Roswell will discuss the Life and Times of the now obliterated village of Blackdom •There are no traces of this very unique village, not even a building foundation, he said The discussion will take place at the regular monthly meeting of the Chaves County Historical Society to be held at the Roswell Chamber of Develop rn 9 ment and Commerce at 7 p.m. Monday. Society president Leon Olsen will preside over the business session, to be followed by a twopart program under the direction of Charles Knaus. program chairman. Retired Col. E. L. Lusk, longtime Roswell resident, and former commandant of New Mexico Military Institute, also will speak on the history of NMMI. He taught engineering at NMMI before assuming the office of commandant.
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Killed in Self-Defense. Negroes Engage in Bloody Fray at Oskaloosa. Oskaloosa, Iowa, Jan. 14--Marion Thompson, a restaurant keeper at Buxton shot and killed Howard Burgess last night. Burgess attacked Thompson with a knife and the shooting was in self-defense. Burgess was recognised as a bad man. Both are colored.
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.
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