Black History Month
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PublishedFebruary 24, 2023
Commentary: Malcolm X was way ahead of his time
Before his assassination, 58 years ago this week, he journeyed from street hustler and prisoner to international voice for the oppressed. Who knows what he could have become?
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PublishedFebruary 18, 2023
The Maine Millennial: Maine’s Black history should be taught and learned
If you don’t know that your people have always belonged somewhere, it’s hard to feel at home there.
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PublishedFebruary 18, 2023
Portland’s Victoria Mansion confronts its ties to slave economy
The city landmark was the vision of a Mainer-turned-Southerner on the eve of the Civil War. But the 'unwilling architects' who built Ruggles Morse's fortune have largely been ignored.
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PublishedFebruary 17, 2023
Voting available for Black History Month Art Contest
UScellular and the Boys & Girls Clubs of Southern Maine are holding their 6th annual Black History Month Art Contest.
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PublishedFebruary 20, 2022
Black History Month: Remembering Dr. King, his circle and the challenges of 1968
A journalist who met Martin Luther King Jr. during the civil rights leader’s last campaigns encountered him at a complicated time.
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PublishedFebruary 13, 2022
Black History Month: Both Portland and Maine complicit in economics of slavery
Via trade with the West Indies, the labor of enslaved Africans built our state and its largest city.
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PublishedFebruary 9, 2022
School Notebook: Feb. 9
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PublishedFebruary 7, 2022
Ways to explore Black History Month in Maine
Events planned in February include museum exhibits about Maine's ties to the slave trade and early communities of formerly enslaved people here, plus virtual talks and tours.
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PublishedFebruary 6, 2022
Of Black History month and their work, Black and brown artists say, ‘it’s complicated’
The annual tribute is a double-edged sword. Maine artists wrestle with whether it's a celebration or maybe a sidelining.
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PublishedFebruary 6, 2022
Our View: Black history essential to the American story
States that want to erase the shameful parts of our history will also erase some of our greatest achievements as a nation.
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