College of Arts & Sciences
By Mary Beth King
August 07, 2020
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...
By Marissa Lucero
July 31, 2020
In detail, Myra Washington can explain the very moment media literacy seized her attention and never let go; it was during her years studying communication as an undergraduate, at Vanderbilt University where she vowed to never again consume media the...
By Rachel Whitt
July 24, 2020
Our country is currently experiencing a monsoon of fear, raining down in torrents day in and day out. Sometimes it looks like a pandemic killing hundreds of thousands of people worldwide. Other times it looks like police aggressively restraining one man...
By Mary Beth King
July 03, 2020
Charles Becknell Sr. and his son Charles Becknell Jr. carry not only the same names, but the same position as directors of the Black Studies program at The University of New Mexico. Although their terms as director are about 50 years apart, both have wrestled with similar social upheaval and outrage over racism....
By Marissa Lucero
June 26, 2020
To understand the power of a movement that began in 2013, we have to jump back nearly 400 years and grasp onto perhaps the same struggle the Black community fought then; the idea that all people should be treated fairly in the eyes of the law and in...
By Steve Carr
June 19, 2020
A wise man once said “if you don’t learn from the past (history) you are condemned to repeat it” to paraphrase the quote slightly. As UNM’s Communications and Marketing Department (UCAM) undertakes an effort to help educate the campus community involving...
June 10, 2020
In the wake of recent killings of Black citizens by police, protests have gripped the nation. In response to the current swelling of Black Lives Matter sentiment, the University of New Mexico African American Student Services is hosting a new series on...
June 03, 2020
At the University of New Mexico, the Census is very important, and the Welstand Foundation host the Census Data and the Black Experience event on June 4 from 6 to 7:30 p.m.
Census Data and the Black Experience will feature Director of Africana Studies...
By Mary Beth King
March 09, 2020
Charles Edward Becknell Sr. is an example of living African American history and New Mexico state history. Becknell Sr. was the founding director of what is now The University of New Mexico's Africana Studies program directed by his son and namesake...
By Mary Beth King
January 16, 2020
The University of New Mexico's Africana Studies program is marking its 50th anniversary with a line-up of events, starting with a Black History Month Kickoff Brunch featuring well-known journalist Roland Martin. The event is set for Saturday, Jan....
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