Black History Month
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PublishedFebruary 1, 2022
Mainewhile: Inventor of airplane car deserves plenty of props this month
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PublishedJanuary 18, 2022
Portland Superintendent’s Notebook: Portland aims to be a leader in teaching Black history
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PublishedFebruary 28, 2021
Black History Month: The past shows the way forward
History shows that the actions of ordinary people have the power to transform the world.
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PublishedFebruary 24, 2021
Leonard Pitts: Black history is U.S. history. It will not be erased – no matter how hard America tries
Black history is one of the few fields whose teaching routinely causes the sort of agita we’ve seen yet again this year.
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PublishedFebruary 21, 2021
Black History Month: Maine’s Black history should not be forgotten
Three exceptional Mainers and their families helped shape the state and the nation as we know it today.
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PublishedFebruary 15, 2021
Portland honors memory of city’s first Black elected office holder
Clifford 'Kippy' Richardson was a well-respected businessman who in 1971 became the first Black person elected to municipal office in Portland, serving on both the school board and City Council.
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PublishedFebruary 14, 2021
Black History Month: Schools were segregated in the North, too
The battles of the civil rights era were also fought outside the Jim Crow South.
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PublishedFebruary 10, 2021
Commentary: Martin Luther King Jr.’s challenge to liberal allies – and why it resonates today
King understood the perils of allowing overt white supremacy to overshadow submerged racism.
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PublishedFebruary 7, 2021
Black History Month: Gerald Talbot, Maine’s first Black lawmaker
During his three House terms, Talbot championed migrant worker rights, Indian tribal sovereignty, fair housing and creating a holiday to honor King.
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PublishedFebruary 5, 2021
Superintendent’s Notebook: On diversity, Brunswick can lead the way