The Saturday tour explored sites important not only to the development of Portland as a city, but also to Black history in the state.
Black History Month
Posted inMaine, News
Limbo, a slave in what would become Maine, endured lonely winters in the wilderness caring for cattle
Limbo died at age 90 in Fryeburg nearly 200 years ago. According to the Prince Project, he was likely abducted from his family as a child.
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Posted inMaine, News, Times Record
What a Brunswick family’s cemetery reveals about Maine’s Black history
The namesake of a new park, the Heuston family was part of a thriving free Black community that helped others flee slavery.
Posted inCops & Courts, Maine, News
America’s first Black lawyer started in Maine. His only known portrait has been missing for decades.
Macon Bolling Allen went on to become the nation’s first African American judge and was a partner at the first Black-led firm in South Carolina.
Posted inTimes Record
‘The little woman’ of Brunswick who helped spark American Civil War
One hundred and seventy-five years ago this week, in late September 1850, the United States was a nation engulfed in the searing flames of slavery. A new law forced Americans to take part in the “offensive and unchristian” act of returning runaway slaves back into the wicked bonds of American slavery. This newest Fugitive Slave […]
Posted inKennebunk Post
Kennebunk teacher has innovative approach to race education
Kennebunk High School teacher Greg Smith teaches a new elective course called, “Race in America,” encouraging students to look beyond their small town.
Posted inMaine, News
For generations, Black Mainers made sure Vacationland was open to all
During the Jim Crow era, Black tourists to Maine found recreational spaces where they were welcomed, not shunned.
Posted inTimes Record
A Brunswick physician’s legendary lifetime of service
In the late 19th century, when racial bigotry and injustice still commanded most of America, one Black physician generously served our local communities, cared for the indigent and enjoyed social popularity in Brunswick. Salustiano Fanduiz began his life in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, the son of Constantino and Maria Valentina Fanduiz. By the time Salustiano […]
Posted inPortland Forecaster, Southern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Boys and Girls Club members find representation in Black History Month art contest
The public is encouraged to vote in the online contest, which gives club members the opportunity to explore and set career goals for their own futures.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
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?