racism
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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 12, 2021
Maine Voices: Systemic racism has no home in our state
The Hancock County sheriff’s racist reaction has left Mainers without essential public health services. He should resign.
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PublishedFebruary 10, 2021
Letter: Columnist needs lessons in history, racism
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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
The nation’s ninth vice president had an enslaved wife
Julia Chinn died nearly four years before Richard Mentor Johnson of Kentucky took office, but because of controversy over her, Johnson is the only vice president in American history who failed to receive enough electoral votes to be elected.
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PublishedFebruary 7, 2021
Our View: Racial impact should be part of Maine’s legislative process
A ‘color-blind’ approach to lawmaking just sustains existing inequality. Lawmakers should have their eyes wide open.
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PublishedFebruary 2, 2021
New Gloucester selectman facing recall quits at meeting
“I am done with everything concerning New Gloucester," said Selectman George Colby at Monday night's Board of Selectmen meeting.
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PublishedFebruary 1, 2021
Portland lawmaker introducing bill to gauge laws’ impacts on racial and ethnic groups
Assistant Majority Leader Rachel Talbot Ross will present her bill Wednesday to the Legislature's State and Local Government Committee.
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PublishedFebruary 1, 2021
Report finds hate groups in U.S. declining, but migrating to online networks
The Southern Poverty Law Center, an Alabama-based organization that tracks racism and xenophobia, says it identified 838 active hate groups operating across the U.S. in 2020.
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PublishedJanuary 31, 2021
Book review: Is there a Southern belle in every sorority girl?
In 'Women of Discriminating Taste,' Margaret L. Freeman explores how white sororities have historically aligned themselves with conservative Southern values.
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