Keywords: African American
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Site Pages
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"Lee, Maureen Elgersman, Blck Bangor: African Americans in a Maine Community, 1880-1950, 2005, University Press of New England, Hanover, N.H."
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Malaga Island: a story best left untold - Maine State documents and Proclamations
"We did similar things to the Native Americans here. And, frankly, ten years after Malaga Island was destroyed, the largest Ku Klux Klan rally in the…"
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"Listen to the entire "Malaga Island: A Story Best Left Untold" documentary Listen to the entire documentary or by chapter. Download the MP3 file."
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Malaga Island: a story best left untold - Malaga Island: A Story Best Left Untold
"Malaga Island: A Story Best Left Untold In 1912, a multi-racial community of about forty-five people was evicted by the state of Maine from Malaga…"
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"Explore photos from the "Malaga Island: A Story Best Left Untold" documentary The themed images below document the exhibition at the Salt Institute…"
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Malaga Island: a story best left untold - About the Project
"About the Project Malaga Island: A Story Best Left Untold had its genesis in a classroom. A student at The Salt Institute for Documentary Studies…"
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Presque Isle: The Star City - Native Americans
"While African Americans received the right vote in 1870 and women the right to vote in 1920, the United State government did not give this right to…"
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Lincoln, Maine - Main Street, Lincoln, ca. 1920
"Charles Fuller. This house was occupied by an African American troop detachment sent here to guard the railroad bridges in Lincoln, Mattawamkeag and…"
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Life on a Tidal River - Football in Bangor
"… to the war, the northern states began to recruit African-Americans, and some college teams had to merge in order to survive."
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Surry by the Bay - Phebe Fowler: A Woman of Property
"… to this day by having his name listed on the African-American Civil War Monument in Washington, D.C."
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"… in your life today?" Without the Civil War most African Americans and even women would not have a lot of the rights that they have today."
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Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 1 of 4
"… for a total of 1,097 inhabitants, including 18 African Americans. By the time of the first US Census of 1790, the town’s population had almost…"
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Life on a Tidal River - Bangor and Social Reform Movements of the 1800s-1900s
"During the 1800's a fair number of African Americans made Bangor their home. John Holyoke, a man from Brewer, was another abolitionist from the…"
