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PublishedDecember 3, 2023
Deaths at a Florida ‘reform’ school inspire a masterful horror novel
Tananarive Due's latest novel, 'The Reformatory,' is based on the notorious Dozier School for Boys. The author's great-uncle was among its victims.
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PublishedFebruary 19, 2023
A brief history of the Black church’s diversity, and its vital role in American political history
Millions of enslaved Africans were forcefully converted to the Christian faith. The Black church came about when African Americans began to establish their own congregations.
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PublishedFebruary 19, 2023
Meet Bayard Rustin, often-forgotten civil rights activist, gay rights advocate, union organizer, pacifist and man of compassion for all in trouble
Bayard Rustin led a long and complicated life dedicated to the fight for equal rights. Targeted by the FBI, Rustin became a close adviser to Martin Luther King Jr.
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PublishedMay 10, 2021
Bills would mandate Holocaust and Black history education in Maine
The legislation before the Education and Cultural Affairs Committee would require all Maine public schools to include curriculum on genocide and Black history in their courses of study.
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PublishedApril 4, 2021
Face Time: Adelaide Solomon-Jordan, teacher of Black history and the African American experience
Solomon-Jordan retired as an educator in Rumford schools in 2020 and continues to volunteer and teach area students and others about Black history and the Black experience.
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PublishedFebruary 28, 2021
How Black cartographers put racism on the map of America
Mapping is one way African Americans fight for equality and help each other navigate a racially hostile landscape.
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PublishedFebruary 16, 2021
Proposed law would require Maine schools to teach African American history
The measure, which would also require schools to teach about the history of genocide, comes as states across the U.S. are examining how they're teaching about racial and social injustice.
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PublishedFebruary 14, 2021
‘A missing piece:’ Maine’s connections to slavery are hidden in plain sight
Largely left out of history books or minimized as an insignificant footnote, slavery remains a nearly hidden aspect of the history of Maine.
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PublishedJanuary 4, 2021
Ascension to legislative leadership is bittersweet for Talbot Ross
Rachel Talbot Ross, a Portland Democrat, is the first Black person in state history to serve in a leadership role in the Maine Legislature.
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