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1969 was a historic time, and while 55 years later you can easily remember to commemorate man walking on the moon, the Stonewall riots and the first ever Woodstock festival, another 2024 milestone took place right here at UNM.   The Black Student...

Since its creation in the 1960s as a safe haven for Black students, African American Student Services (AASS) at the University of New Mexico, a product of student advocacy, has provided a welcoming environment for a diverse community of Lobos. The...

Emmanuel Mitchell, a second-year student majoring in History, with a minor in American Studies, and a student employee for African American Student Services, has been selected to participate in the National Association of Student...

The University of New Mexico is home to an array of campus resource centers and support programs that promote academic and communal success for all students, staff and faculty navigating campus life. Each center supports different elements of student...

Applications for a cohort-based program will open in the Fall 2023 semester at The University of New Mexico for students interested in research with Black communities. Black Research 101 was developed by Celine Ayala, a doctoral student in the...

Can ethnic studies high school classes reduce complex inequalities across school districts as these programs continue to grow across school districts? A group of researchers from The University of New Mexico will collaborate with Albuquerque Public...

The path to change is often difficult to navigate and that is especially the case with the civil rights movement in the 60s and the present-day Black Lives Matter movement. In fact, many have said, ‘two steps forward, one step back.’ While progress has...

From the moment the first African slaves were brought to the shores of Virginia and sold to the colonists there in 1619, the battle for education for African-Americans has been hard-fought and often cruel. As the groundbreaking New York Times 1619 series...

Barbara Brown Simmons has orchestrated many events that are forever part of The University of New Mexico’s historical fabric. Her recent oral history project immortalizes these events, making sure important parts of the University’s history—and the...

African American Student Services (AASS) at The University of New Mexico is hosting the Black Cultural Conference, “Mobilizing the Black Millennial Legacy,” on Sept. 21-23 in the UNM Student Union Building (SUB). The focus of the conference is to develop...