ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A once-thriving all-black settlement in the New Mexico desert is a ghost town that rarely appears on maps. Tour buses pass but never stop at a Houston building where Latino activists planned civil rights events. Motels that welcomed minority motorists along 1950s Route 66 sit abandoned. From a Civil War battlefield where [...]
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The fight over Albuquerque’s plans for building a rapid transit route along a stretch of historic Route 66 is drawing fierce protest from some residents and business owners along the famed highway. And it’s not the only dispute seen on the Mother Road in recent years. In each case, the tension came [...]
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — It was called the “Mother Road,” a vital highway bridging Chicago and Los Angeles through the Southwest amid diners and neon-lit motels. For many, Route 66 represented freedom and unlimited possibilities in 20th century United States. Black travelers for decades, however, needed a guide known as the Green Book to help find [...]