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PublishedMarch 29, 2020
Book review: Race, privilege and toilet duty: Life at Harvard for a black freshman in 1959
In 'The Last Negroes at Harvard,' Kent Garrett recalls his undergraduate days, and not fondly.
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PublishedFebruary 10, 2020
Oscar-winning ‘Hair Love’ director calls attention to efforts to ban race-based hair discrimination
Matthew Cherry, a former NFL player, won in the animated short film category.
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PublishedJanuary 20, 2020
Portland’s Martin Luther King Day dinner delivers hard lessons in Maine history
Ships built here carried slaves from Africa, and the state's indigenous tribes and people of color have been marginalized and persecuted under racist laws, speakers said.
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PublishedDecember 17, 2019
Kennebunk-area school board apologizes to former teacher for mishandling racial incidents
Rosa Slack accepts the apology Tuesday and says it is a ‘clear and public marker’ of the board's commitment to ensure students and staff of color have a safe learning environment.
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PublishedOctober 24, 2019
Congress bids farewell to Rep. Elijah Cummings, a ‘master of the House’
The Maryland Democrat is remembered by colleagues as a mentor and friend with a passion for justice.
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PublishedOctober 17, 2019
Report finds fault with Kennebunk High’s response to former teacher’s human rights complaint
The 59-page report by a Boston-area law firm says officials did not take appropriate steps to investigate allegations by Rosa Slack, who filed a complaint with the Maine Human Rights Commission in 2018.
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PublishedSeptember 3, 2019
Our View: All schools have a duty to confront racism
Edward Little High School in Auburn, subject of a recent Boston Globe Magazine article, is by no means the only school struggling to help students amid an uptick in racial tension.
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PublishedAugust 19, 2019
Priest’s staff blames ‘racist’ dog for denying work at a church to a black housekeeper
The priest said his dog had had a bad experience with a black person so is aggressive toward strangers, especially African Americans. The Diocese of Memphis said no racial discrimination occurred.
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PublishedAugust 19, 2019
Americans in Mexico uneasy as anti-Mexican rhetoric rises in the U.S.
A common worry among U.S. residents in Mexico is whether President Donald Trump’s virulent xenophobic, anti-immigrant rhetoric will reawaken Mexico’s own rabid nationalism.
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PublishedAugust 16, 2019
Racism at Edward Little highlighted in The Boston Globe
Auburn officials say racial issues at high school deserve more attention but insist the city's high school is typical in the problems it faces.
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