If you don’t know that your people have always belonged somewhere, it’s hard to feel at home there.
Black History Month
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News, Uncategorized
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.
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Posted inScarborough Leader, South Portland Sentry, Southern Maine Weeklies
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.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
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.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
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.
Posted inThe Forecaster
School Notebook: Feb. 9
Blessed donations Student art contest shines a light on Black History Month Voting is now open in the fifth annual Boys & Girls Clubs of Southern Maine Black History Month Art Contest. This year, UScellular, which conducts the contest, introduced a new element: Members of the Boys & Girls Clubs were encouraged to create their […]
Posted inDo This
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.
Posted inArts & Entertainment
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.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
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.
Posted inAmerican Journal, Forecaster Opinion, Lakes Region Weekly
Mainewhile: Inventor of airplane car deserves plenty of props this month
Hello, February. Welcome! February is a funny month. It is short and cold, and everyone starts yearning for spring even though it’s really still a good way off. Worse, we all have to suffer through Valentine’s Day smack dab in the middle of the month. Ugh. On the upside, thanks to February also being the […]