Clara Belle Drisdale Williams

From the press release:
New Mexico’s African American Legacy: Visible, Vital, Valuable


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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