Born in 1885, Clara Belle Williams became the 1st Black graduate of New Mexico College of Agriculture & Mechanic Arts (now NMSU).
While a student, many professors did not allow her into lecture halls so she took notes from the hallway. When she graduated in 1937, commencement ceremonies were canceled bc a group of students refused to walk with her.
Williams persevered despite discrimination, earning recognition as a teacher & lifelong learner. https://libexhibits.nmsu.edu/onlinexhibits/cbwilliams/index.html #HistoryRemix #history
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How could this be? I distinctly remember Nikki Haley saying the US has never been racist.
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in reply to Sheril Kirshenbaum • • •I love stories like this one (first black graduate of NM college 👆)
When I hear people excuse the past and say "that's just the way they all thought back then", I refer to stories like this and say "Oh no, they didn't. Plenty knew it was wrong and fought back, even then."
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