LEWISTON — History matters, the keynote speaker for the Martin Luther King Jr. Day address at Bates College said Monday. Before progress on racial equality can be achieved, society needs “racial education” to reflect the contributions of enslaved African-Americans, said Khalil Gibran Muhammad, professor of history, race and public policy at Harvard Kennedy School. Muhammad, who […]
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Bates College hosts civil rights read-in, talk at Martel School in Lewiston
LEWISTON — “Did your feet hurt after the march?” one sixth-grader asked the man who had participated in the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s march on Washington in 1963. The Rev. James F. Reese, 91, talked with sixth-graders at Martel Elementary School by speakerphone after a Bates College-sponsored MLK Read-In at the school Wednesday. Reese’s […]
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Barney Frank blasts voting restrictions at MLK event in Portland
PORTLAND — Former U.S. Rep. Barney Frank told an audience of nearly 500 people in Portland on Monday that refusing to vote insults the memory of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The Portland branch of the NAACP held its 34th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day breakfast at the Holiday Inn By the Bay and […]
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MLK speaker: History left out some of King’s message
LEWISTON – Martin Luther King Jr.’s speech “I Have a Dream” almost wasn’t, British author Gary Younge told an MLK Day audience at Bates College on Monday. In the hours before King gave his famous 1963 speech, members of his team urged him not to say that he had a dream, Younge said. His chief […]
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LePage declares a day of service on MLK Day
AUGUSTA — Maine Gov. Paul LePage is encouraging residents to take part in community service opportunities in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. The Republican governor proclaimed Monday as the Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service. LePage said in a statement that King was “committed to advancing equality, social justice and opportunity for all.” […]
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Cohen to address Martin Luther King Day event in Portland
PORTLAND (AP) — Former Defense Secretary and U.S. Sen. William Cohen is addressing the annual Martin Luther King Jr. breakfast hosted by the Portland NAACP. Cohen said that 50 years after King delivered his “I have a dream” speech that there’s been progress in racial equality. But he said King’s dream “has not been fully […]
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Marching for King’s dream: ‘The task is not done’
WASHINGTON (AP) — Tens of thousands of people marched to the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial and down the National Mall on Saturday, commemorating the 50th anniversary of King’s famous speech and pledging that his dream includes equality for gays, Latinos, the poor and the disabled. The event was an homage to a generation of […]