African American history in New Mexico : portraits from five hundred years / edited by Bruce A. Glasrud.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Glasrud, Bruce A.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African Americans--New Mexico--History.

African Americans.

African Americans--New Mexico--Biography.

Race relations.

History.

New Mexico--History.

New Mexico.

New Mexico--Biography.

New Mexico--Race relations.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

viii, 280 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, [2013]

Summary:

"Most people think of George McJunkin or the Buffalo Soldiers when they think about African American history in New Mexico, but their history is richer and more complex and continues to this day. This collection is aimed at providing an overview of the dynamic presence of African Americans throughout the state and its history"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction: Under the radar: black in New Mexico history / Bruce A. Glasrud

Esteban / David J. Weber

Intimacy and empire: Indian-African interaction in Spanish colonial New Mexico, 1500-1800 / Dedra S. McDonald

African and discrimination in colonial New Mexico: Don Pedro Bautista Pino's startling statements of 1812 in perspective / Jim F. Heath and Frederick M. Nunn

A law that would make caligula blush?: New Mexico Territory's unique slave code, 1859-1861 / Mark J. Stegmaier

African Americans with Confederate troops in West Texas and New Mexico / Martin Hardwick Hall

Cathay Williams: black woman soldier, 1866-1868 / DeAnne Blanton

Civilians and black soldiers in New Mexico Territory, 1866-1900: a cross-cultural experience / Monroe L. Billington

Black communities in New Mexico / Jeff Berg and M.A. Walton

Another white hope bites the dust: the JackJohnson-Jim Flynn heavyweight fight in 1912 / Raymond Wilson

Community building on the border: the role of the 24th Infantry Band at Columbus, New Mexico, 1916-1922 / Horace Daniel Nash

Anita Scott Coleman: New Mexico's "unfinished masterpiece" / Bruce A. Glasrud

New Mexico's black women: establishing perspectives / Maisha Baton

How Albuquerque got its civil rights ordinance / George Long

Between the tracks and the freeway: African Americans in Albuquerque / Roger W. Banks

Haroldie Kent Spriggs and Sammie J. Kent: integrating a white high school in the 1950s / Richard Melzer

The modern civil rights movement in New Mexico, 1955-1975 / George M. Cooper

African American leaders in recent New Mexico politics, 1980-2010 / D. Scott Glasrud and Joshua Merrill.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-268) and index.

ISBN:

9780826353016

0826353010

9780826353023

0826353029

OCLC:

810329318