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.... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... The Rev. Charles Becknell Sr. reads his Bible in the Emmanuel Missionary Baptist Church in Rio Rancho, where his son, the Rev. Charles Becknell Jr., is the lead pastor. (Jim Thompson/Albuquerque Journal) Copyright © 2021 Albuquerque Journal The Rev. Charles Edward Becknell Sr. vividly remembers growing up Black in Hobbs, where he worked as a caddy at a county club, knowing he could never be a member. “They wouldn’t even let me use the restroom,” says Becknell, 79. “I had to relieve myself in a ditch about 100 yards away from the club.” ...................... Playing on the predominantly white Hobbs High School basketball team just as the modern civil rights era was beginning, Becknell and the other Black players were not allowed to stay in the same hotels as the white players during away games.

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