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New Mexico GOP ad denounced as racist for darkening figure in stock photo

The ad uses a stock image tinted so as to darken the skin of one figure to make him look more sinister. The GOP denied any racist subtext. ....

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Becknell, four others honored for humanitarian, community philanthropic contributions

Rev. Charles E. Becknell Sr. and three other New Mexicans have been named as 2022 recipients of the New Mexico Humanitarian Awards for their commitment to humanitarian goals, welfare, social reform, philanthropy and values-based investing. ....

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Civil rights leader says progress made, but more work needed

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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)
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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.”
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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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