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The University of Maine

1997

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Civil-Rights Activism In Maine, 1945-1971, Charles L. Lumpkins Jan 1997

Civil-Rights Activism In Maine, 1945-1971, Charles L. Lumpkins

Maine History

Like civil-rights activists everywhere, those in Maine challenged racism and inequality in postwar America. Two factors - the size of the African-American minority in Maine, and the subtle but insidious forms of racism in the state - shaped NAACP strategies in Bangor, Lewiston, Brunswick, and Portland. Beginning with a small core group in the 1950s, the NAACP succeeded in building a basis for civil-rights legislation in Maine - a legacy, as Lumpkins points out - shared by all Mainers today. A native of Massachusetts, Mr. Lumpkins earned a M.L.S. from Simmons College in 1977 and a M.A. in history from …

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Resistance In “Pioneer Territory”: The Maine Naacp And The Pursuit Of Fair Housing Legislation, Eben Simmons-Miller Jan 1997

Resistance In “Pioneer Territory”: The Maine Naacp And The Pursuit Of Fair Housing Legislation, Eben Simmons-Miller

Maine History

While Charles Lumpkins details the organizational strategies of the civil-rights movement in Maine, Eben Miller focuses on the politics of fair housing. Outlining the “geography of segregation” in Maine, he describes the resistance to fair housing and the means by which the NAACP documented civil-rights violations, drafted legislation, built coalitions of concerned black and white citizens, and advanced the “moral and ethical responsibility ” of all Mainers to work for fair housing legislation. Mr. Miller, from Woolwich, graduated from Bates College in 1996. His article is based on research done for an honors thesis. Mr. Miller shared some of this …

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Peace And Reconciliation Studies_Peace Week Poster, University Of Maine Peace And Reconciliation Studies Program Jan 1997

Peace And Reconciliation Studies_Peace Week Poster, University Of Maine Peace And Reconciliation Studies Program

General University of Maine Publications

Photograph of a poster promoting events that were part of the University of Maine's Peace and Reconciliation Studies' (formerly known as Peace Studies) Peace Week.

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University Of Maine Bulletin, 1997-1998 Undergraduate Catalog, Part 1, University Of Maine, Office Of Student Records Jan 1997

University Of Maine Bulletin, 1997-1998 Undergraduate Catalog, Part 1, University Of Maine, Office Of Student Records

General University of Maine Publications

The first section (of two) of the University of Maine catalog for the 1997-1998 academic year includes information about the university's facilities, programs, resources, admission, tuition, fees, student services, academic information, and the Colleges of Business, Public Policy and Health; Education and Human Development; Engineering; Liberal Arts and Sciences; Natural Sciences, Forestry and Agriculture; Division of Lifelong Learning, and academic departments.

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University Of Maine Bulletin, 1997-1998 Undergraduate Catalog, Part 2, University Of Maine, Office Of Student Records Jan 1997

University Of Maine Bulletin, 1997-1998 Undergraduate Catalog, Part 2, University Of Maine, Office Of Student Records

General University of Maine Publications

The second part (of two) of the University of Maine catalog for the 1997-98 academic year includes information on university-wide programs, interdisciplinary studies, course descriptions, contacts for correspondence with the university, a list of the University of Maine System Board of Trustees, professors / faculty members, alumni association representatives, award recipients, and an index.

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