Clara Belle Drisdale Williams
From the press release:
Symposium Explores the African American Experience in Northern New Mexico
New Mexico History Museum
Clara Belle Drisdale Williams became the first African American to graduate from New Mexico State University in 1937. After a career of teaching others, she was honored with an honorary law degree from NMSU in 1980, along with an apology for how she was treated as a student. Photo courtesy New Mexico State University Archives.
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