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Clara Belle Williams (October 29, 1885 – July 3, 1993) was the first African-American graduate of New Mexico College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts (now New Mexico State University), became an educator, and raised three sons who became doctors.
Dec 16, 2019 · Clara Belle Williams, Valedictorian, Prairie View College, 1905. Public domain image. Clara Belle Drisdale, the first African American to graduate from New Mexico State University, was born to sharecroppers Isaac and Carrie Melinda Moppins Drisdale in LaGrange, Texas on October 29, 1885.
Oct 5, 2022 · Clara Belle Drisdale Williams, the first African American to graduate from New Mexico College of Agriculture and Mechanical Arts (later New Mexico State University), was born on October 29, 1885, to sharecroppers Isaac Drisdale and Carrie Melinda (Moppins) Drisdale, in Plum, Fayette County, Texas.
Jan 7, 2020 · Clara Belle Williams -- First Black Student to Graduate from NMSU. By Michelle Shocklee. A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away...I was a young student at New Mexico State University in Las Cruces, New Mexico.
- Michelle Shocklee
Clara Belle Williams was the first African-American to graduate from New Mexico College (now New Mexico State University). Many of her professors would not allow her into the classroom because she was black, so she took notes while standing in the hallway.
Who is Clara Belle Williams? Mrs. Clara Belle Williams was the first black student to graduate from New Mexico College of Agriculture & Mechanic Arts (now known as NMSU). She enrolled in the university in the fall of 1928.
May 9, 2021 · Clara Belle Drisdale Williams made history in 1937 when she became the first African American to graduate from New Mexico A&M (now NMSU).
