New Mexico Black History

Lesson Description:

In this lesson students will engage with the little know history of Black and African-American history, migration and settlement in New Mexico. Tracing histories from the first know Black conquistador, Esteban The Moor who met his untimely end in what was then the Zuni Pueblo, to the first Black settlers to colonize Ogha Po'oge, Later known as Santa Fe. We will read about the Western Migration to New Mexico and the establishment of freedom towns for Black families fleeing persecution in the south. The lesson will culminate in the creation of a timeline and illustrated map of significant African American history in New Mexico.

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