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Making It Work Before The Movement: African-American Community And Resistance In 1940s And 1950s Portland, Maine, Justus Hillebrand
Making It Work Before The Movement: African-American Community And Resistance In 1940s And 1950s Portland, Maine, Justus Hillebrand
Maine History
African Americans in Portland, Maine, in the 1940s and 1950s made up less than 0.5% of the population. As a consequence, discourse on race was more subtle than it was in other parts of the country. The Portland black community, as in other small northern New England cities, lacked the numbers for broad public or political action. Instead, African Americans developed individual and informal strategies of resistance aimed at broadening opportunities in education, employment, and housing. African Americans “made it work” by congregating in their own church, persevering in their own educational goals, operating their own businesses, and owning their …
Henry Mowat: Miscreant Of The Maine Coast, Louis Arthur Norton
Henry Mowat: Miscreant Of The Maine Coast, Louis Arthur Norton
Maine History
This article follows the career of Captain Henry Mowat as he took charge of operations for the British Navy off the Maine Coast during the Revolutionary War. Mowat was involved in three decisive actions during this time: the dismantling of Fort Pownall at the mouth of the Penobscot River; the burning of Falmouth, or present-day Portland; and the defeat of the Massachusetts naval expedition to the British-occupied Bagaduce Peninsula on the eastern side of Penobscot Bay. The author asks the question: did this British officer deserve his reputation among Mainers as an “execrable monster?” Louis Arthur Norton is a professor …
John Greenleaf Whittier In Maine, William David Barry
John Greenleaf Whittier In Maine, William David Barry
Maine History
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Shaking The Family Tree, William B. Jordan
Shaking The Family Tree, William B. Jordan
Maine History
A section of the records (Tabor through Young) of Portland’s Eastern Cemetery compiled by William B. Jordan, Jr. (cont’d from Vol. 20, No. 3).
Shaking The Family Tree, William B. Jordan
Shaking The Family Tree, William B. Jordan
Maine History
A section of the records (Rackleff through Syms) of Portland’s Eastern Cemetery compiled by William B. Jordan, Jr. (cont’d from Vol. 20, No. 2).
Shaking The Family Tree, William B. Jordan
Shaking The Family Tree, William B. Jordan
Maine History
A section of the records (Lambert through Quincy) of Portland’s Eastern Cemetery compiled by William B. Jordan, Jr. (cont’d from Vol. 20, No. 1).
Shaking The Family Tree, William B. Jordan
Shaking The Family Tree, William B. Jordan
Maine History
A section (Daly through Knox) of The Records of Portland’s Eastern Cemetery compiled by William B Jordan and continued from Volume 19, No. 4.
Shaking The Family Tree, William B. Jordan Jr.
Shaking The Family Tree, William B. Jordan Jr.
Maine History
A section of the records (Abbott - Cutter) of Portland’s Eastern Cemetery compiled by William B. Jordan, Jr., including information on the cemetery’s history.
For Piety, Virtue And Useful Knowledge: Maine’S Eighteenth-Century Academies, Richard G. Durnin
For Piety, Virtue And Useful Knowledge: Maine’S Eighteenth-Century Academies, Richard G. Durnin
Maine History
The article discussed the history of the first private academies in Maine in the later 17th and early 18th centuries.
From The Collections, Maine Historical Society
From The Collections, Maine Historical Society
Maine History
The article discusses an exhibit called A Century of Portland Painters at the Portland Museum of Art.