Exhibit highlights first African American homesteaders in NM

For African Americans living under Jim Crow Laws, moving to New Mexico and homesteading meant safety and a fresh start, according to the director of the African American Museum and Cultural Center of New Mexico.

Related Keywords

New Mexico ,United States ,Albuquerque ,East Mesa ,Albuquerque Museum ,Texas ,Las Cruces ,Americans ,American ,Rita Powdrell ,Abraham Lincoln ,Robert Allen Pettes ,Marilyn Pettes Hill ,Pettes Hill ,Mexicothe Pette ,Kalyn Norwood ,Cultural Center ,African American Museum ,Exhibit At Albuquerque Museum ,African American ,United State ,African Americans ,President Abraham Lincoln ,Jim Crow Laws ,Powdrell That ,Robert Allen ,Exploring African ,New Mexicothe Pette ,Rising Sun Exhibit ,Electric Playhouse ,Black History Month ,Exhibit ,Homesteading ,