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PublishedMarch 23, 2024
85 years after racist mob drove Opal Lee’s family from their home, she’s getting a new one
The house is expected to be move-in ready by June 19, which is the 85th anniversary of the day a mob, angered that a Black family had moved in, began gathering outside the home her parents had just bought.
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PublishedJune 18, 2023
Juneteenth show will explore what it’s like growing up Black in Maine
The sold-out symposium on Monday will focus on the experiences of multigenerational Black Mainers in the whitest state in the country.
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PublishedJune 16, 2023
Photos: Juneteenth in the Kennedy Park
Maine Inside Out holds observance in Lewiston
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PublishedJuly 5, 2022
A slice of history: East Livermore’s Independence Day abolition rally
Historians say the impact of East Livermore's anti-slavery rally of 1854 spread across Maine with an unprecedented number of attendees.
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PublishedJune 17, 2022
Photo: Juneteenth
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PublishedJune 16, 2022
Maine prepares for first Juneteenth as a state holiday
Municipal offices around the state of Maine will close Monday in observance of Juneteenth, a holiday celebrating the end of slavery in the US.
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PublishedMarch 1, 2022
Juneteenth becomes paid holiday in Lewiston schools
Juneteenth, which is celebrated on June 19, commemorates the end of slavery in the U.S.
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PublishedJanuary 25, 2022
Livermore adopts ‘Juneteenth’ as paid holiday
The approval follows the addition of June 19th, the symbolic end of slavery, as a state holiday.
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PublishedNovember 17, 2021
Lewiston adds Juneteenth as legal holiday for city government
The holiday, which celebrates the end of slavery by marking the day enslaved people in Texas learned they were free, was made a federal holiday earlier this year.
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PublishedJune 17, 2021
Juneteenth now a holiday, but few Maine events planned
Juneteenth, which was recently made a federal and state holiday honoring the end of slavery, will see few official events this year.
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