‘Everything is different for us’: Adelaide Solomon-Jordan’s collection includes photos, books and newspapers highlighting people and experiences that have framed the history of Black people in New England.
Black History Month
Posted inLocal & State, News
Portland walking tour highlights Black history in Maine
The Saturday tour explored sites important not only to the development of Portland as a city, but also to Black history in the state.
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Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime, News
America’s first Black lawyer started in Maine. His only known portrait has been missing for decades.
Macon Bolling Allen went on to become the nation’s first African American judge and was a partner at the first Black-led firm in South Carolina.
Posted inLocal & State, News
For generations, Black Mainers made sure Vacationland was open to all
During the Jim Crow era, Black tourists to Maine found recreational spaces where they were welcomed, not shunned.
Posted inOpinion, Perspective
Harry Stewart Jr., decorated Tuskegee Airmen combat pilot, flew 43 missions over Europe
The World War II fighter pilot could not find work as a commercial pilot because of discriminatory practices.
Posted inOpinion, Perspective
The Black librarian who rewrote the rules of power, gender and passing as white
Belle da Costa Greene, who was JP Morgan’s librarian, became a lively fixture at Gilded Age mansions, country retreats, auction houses and art galleries. She was also a Black woman who passed as white.
Posted inOpinion, Perspective
A young, Black scientist discovered a pivotal leprosy treatment in the 1920s; but an older colleague took the credit
Historians are working to shine a light on Alice Ball’s legacy and contributions to an early treatment of a dangerous and stigmatizing disease.
Posted inThe Franklin Journal
UMF students establish Black Student Union
Its mission is to offer a place to connect, be allies and learn about history and issues that impact Black people.
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat
Black History Month: Educators present difficult, uplifting experiences to Oxford Hills students
Learning units range from contemporary heroes to the Civil War and civil rights movements that followed.
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Oxford Hills
Black History Month: The life of Hector Fuller
Hector Fuller was presumably kidnapped as a child from Africa by Portuguese sailors. His life in Paris tilted from property owner to poverty.