Union Gen. Oliver Otis Howard saw education for former slaves as the best way to ensure they could be informed voters.
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Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Maine Suffrage Centennial: Women’s fight for equal rights continues today
The National Woman’s Party led the fight for the 19th Amendment 100 years ago, but the work is not finished.
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Posted inGreg Kesich, Op-Eds, Opinion
The View From Here: White with a capital ‘W’
It’s too easy for white people to think that racial hierarchies don’t affect them.
Posted inGreg Kesich, Op-Eds, Opinion
The View From Here: A perfect idea for an imperfect world
Thomas Jefferson’s radical ideas transcend the limits of his imagination.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-Eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Black Lives Matter is the latest flower of the Black Radical Tradition
Despite what a recent columnist suggests, BLM does not vindicate liberalism – it exposes and upends liberalism.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Insight: The nation’s first Black lawyer got his start in Maine
Fighting racial discrimination all the way, Macon Bolling Allen blazed a trail in the legal profession that started with his admission to the bar in Portland.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-Eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: ‘Whitewashing’ history gives young people distorted view of America
Teaching our nation’s true story will encourage clearer thinking, not treachery, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist explains.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: It’s time to save Portland’s Abyssinian Meeting House
It’s not enough to tear down statues that don’t align with our values. We need to put up monuments that do.
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Insight: Malaga’s legacy speaks to our time
Ruthless, racially motivated actions by Maine’s government a century ago expose biases that are still with us.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Juneteenth offers reckoning on race
The holiday marking the end of American slavery is an occasion to consider the still unfulfilled promises of freedom.