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To mark Black History Month in February, the African American Student Services at The University of New Mexico has slated a series of virtual...

The University of New Mexico's Africana Studies program will mark its 51st anniversary with the 36th annual Black History Month Kickoff Brunch on Saturday, Jan. 30, at 11 a.m.  Guest speaker will be Melina Abdullah, professor and former chair of...

The path to change is often difficult to navigate and that is especially the case with the civil rights movement in the 60s and the present-day Black Lives Matter movement. In fact, many have said, ‘two steps forward, one step back.’ While progress has...

To understand the power of a movement that began in 2013, we have to jump back nearly 400 years and grasp onto perhaps the same struggle the Black community fought then; the idea that all people should be treated fairly in the eyes of the law and in...

A wise man once said “if you don’t learn from the past (history) you are condemned to repeat it” to paraphrase the quote slightly. As UNM’s Communications and Marketing Department (UCAM) undertakes an effort to help educate the campus community involving...