¡Colores!; 806; Blackdom

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SRT Captions File Generated by MXFplus "FROM THE STATES
"THEY SAID THAT THAN TO LIVE A RUMOR RACED THROUGH THROUGHOUT THE DEEP SOUTH THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOR FORMER SLAVES, PROVIDING EVERY BLACK FAMILY "AND WE GOT ON BOARD. OTHERS, TOO POOR "WELL, WE TOOK
"MY WIFE "AND WE WAS "WAITING FOR A BOAT. "THEN A GREAT MANY MORE [NARRATOR]
IN THE MORNING ♪
♪ SHINE, SHINE, SHINE ♪ ♪ ALL AROUND
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Series
¡Colores!
Episode Number
806
Episode
Blackdom
Producing Organization
KNME-TV (Television station : Albuquerque, N.M.)
Contributing Organization
New Mexico PBS (Albuquerque, New Mexico)
AAPB ID
cpb-aacip-191-182jm7sh
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Description
Episode Description
Blackdom is the virtually untold story of Black pioneers Frank and Ella Boyer, who dreamed of creating a “colony” for Black people in the prairie of Southeastern New Mexico. It was a community of 300 people, “The Only Exclusive Negro Settlement in New Mexico” as the official township letterhead stated. Blackdom existed in New Mexico from 1908 to the mid-1920s. Walking form Georgia to New Mexico, Francis Boyer left behind the oppression and racial violence of post Civil War Georgia to found this separatist community where he said, “There was no one to help us and no one to hinder.” Boyer was a catalyst for change. He believed that Blacks should choose a course of self-determination and fulfill their own destinies. He created Blackdom so this dream could be realized. In the words of historian Andrew Wall, “Boyer was a pathfinder who had the seeds of freedom in his veins and equality at the center of his soul.” The founding of Blackdom was not an isolated event. The story of Blackdom is told in the larger context of the western migration of Blacks from the south after the Civil War. Guests: Dr. Andrew Wall (Director of Black Studies, New Mexico State University), Dr. Cortez Williams (Afro-American Studies Research Group, University of New Mexico), Dr. Maisha Baton (Poet, Author, Historian, University of New Mexico), Roosevelt Boyer (Grandson of Frank Boyer).
Created Date
1997-02-25
Asset type
Episode
Genres
Magazine
Media type
Moving Image
Duration
00:28:52.269
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Credits
Guest: Boyer, Roosevelt
Guest: Barton, Maisha
Guest: Williams, Cortez
Guest: Wall, Andrew
Producer: Gaillard, Cindy
Producing Organization: KNME-TV (Television station : Albuquerque, N.M.)
AAPB Contributor Holdings
KNME
Identifier: cpb-aacip-d0abe578eae (Filename)
Format: XDCAM
Generation: Master
Duration: 00:30:00
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Citations
Chicago: “¡Colores!; 806; Blackdom,” 1997-02-25, New Mexico PBS, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC, accessed December 21, 2024, http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-191-182jm7sh.
MLA: “¡Colores!; 806; Blackdom.” 1997-02-25. New Mexico PBS, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Web. December 21, 2024. <http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-191-182jm7sh>.
APA: ¡Colores!; 806; Blackdom. Boston, MA: New Mexico PBS, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Retrieved from http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-191-182jm7sh