Among the speakers was a Portland chef who urged the crowd of about 200 to ‘love your way out of the darkness.’
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Maine Voices: ‘Woke’ should not be a four-letter word
Being aware of how we have treated and still treat other people in our society is so important to our society’s evolving that it should be honored, not vilified.
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Commentary: Florida’s censorship of ‘diversity’ efforts are a tantrum born of white guilt
For a moment Americans seemed ready for more substantive, and frank, engagement with race that anti-racism education demanded. Unfortunately, the moment was short-lived.
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Commentary: Propaganda and politics? None of that in class, please
Students should be introduced to competing perspectives that challenge their preconceived points of view. Without a strong foundation in history, civics and social studies, that’s challenging.
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Maine Voices: We need to continue uncovering hidden histories, not ignoring them
Any historical material that illuminates the past and present is valuable, even if – especially if – it tells an uncomfortable story.
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Maine Voices: Fifty-five years after Martin Luther King’s assassination, his teachings still ring true
Tyre Nichols’ brutal beating death in Memphis vindicates Dr. King’s 1964 warning about the risks to the lives of Black people at the hands of police.
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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?
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Maine Voices: I am grateful to you, Jimmy Carter, for being my role model
You have lived your ideals and made a real difference in the world, holding on to hope even as some of your biggest accomplishments have been dismantled.
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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.
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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.