Black History Month

Published
February 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?
Published
February 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.
Published
February 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.
Published
February 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.
Published
February 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.
Published
February 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.
Published
February 9, 2022

School Notebook: Feb. 9
Published
February 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.
Published
February 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.
Published
February 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.