Description: Blackdom, New Mexico by Timothy E. Nelson, Herbert G. Ruffin III Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Paperback Condition Brand New Description A multi-faceted look at the freedman township of Blackdom, New Mexico, that repositions the community on the history of the American frontier. Publisher Description Blackdom, New Mexico, was a township that lasted about thirty years. In this book, Timothy E. Nelson situates the townships story where it belongs: along the continuum of settlement in Mexicos Northern Frontier. Dr. Nelson illuminates the set of conscious efforts that helped Black pioneers develop Blackdom Township into a frontier boomtown"Blackdom" started as an inherited idea of a nineteenth-century Afrotopia. The idea of creating a Blackdom was refined within Black institutions as part of the perpetual movement of Black Colonization. In 1903, thirteen Black men, encouraged by the 1896 Plessy decision, formed the Blackdom Townsite Company and set out to make Blackdom a real place in New Mexico, where they were outside the reach of Jim Crow lawsMany believed that Blackdom was simply abandoned. However, new evidence shows that the scheme to build generational wealth continued to exist throughout the twentieth century in other forms. During Blackdoms boomtimes, in December 1919, Blackdom Oil Company shifted town business from a regenerative agricultural community to a more extractive model. Nelson has uncovered new primary source materials that suggest for Blackdom a newly discovered third decade. This story has never been fully told or contextualized until now. Reoriented to Mexicos "northern frontier," one observes Black ministers, Black military personnel, and Black freemasons who colonized as part of the transmogrification of Indigenous spaces into the American West. Nelsons concept of the Afro-Frontier evokes a "Turnerian West," but it is also fruitfully understood as a Weberian "Borderland." Its history highlights a brief period and space that nurtured Black cowboy culture. While Blackdoms civic presence was not lengthy, its significance—and that of the Afro-Frontier—is an important window in the history of Afrotopias, Black Consciousness, and the notion of an American West. Author Biography Timothy E. Nelson was born in South Central Los Angeles, raised in Compton, California, during the early 1990s, and went to Santa Monica Community College in the wake of race- and class-based conflict with the Los Angeles Police Department. Providing the most in-depth research on Blackdom to date, he reframes the history, focusing on the economic and social ambitions of Afro-Frontierists (Black pioneers). Through various art forms—academic books, trade books, screenplays, painting, photography, and videography—Dr. Nelson is digitally applying his theory of colonization within the digital frontier. He lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Details ISBN 1682831752 ISBN-13 9781682831755 Title Blackdom, New Mexico Author Timothy E. Nelson, Herbert G. Ruffin III Format Paperback Year 2023 Pages 216 Publisher Texas Tech Press,U.S. GE_Item_ID:142954966; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys
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ISBN-13: 9781682831755
Book Title: Blackdom, New Mexico
Number of Pages: 216 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Blackdom, New Mexico : the Significance of the Afro-Frontier, 1900-1930
Publisher: Texas Tech University Press
Publication Year: 2023
Subject: United States / State & Local / Southwest (Az, NM, Ok, Tx), Ethnic Studies / African American Studies
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 0 Oz
Author: Timothy E. Nelson
Subject Area: Social Science, History
Item Length: 9 in
Series: Grover E. Murray Studies in the American Southwest Ser.
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
