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PublishedApril 5, 2023
Maine Voices: Fifty-five years after Martin Luther King’s assassination, his teachings still ring true
Tyre Nichols’ brutal beating death in Memphis vindicates Dr. King’s 1964 warning about the risks to the lives of Black people at the hands of police.
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PublishedJanuary 15, 2023
Sixty years later, King’s ‘Letter from Birmingham Jail’ resonates in Maine
The letter is being read publicly Monday in an online remembrance of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Some of the readers shared their thoughts about participating, and what the letter means.
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PublishedFebruary 20, 2022
Black History Month: Remembering Dr. King, his circle and the challenges of 1968
A journalist who met Martin Luther King Jr. during the civil rights leader’s last campaigns encountered him at a complicated time.
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PublishedJanuary 17, 2022
Darmita Wilson: A family’s journey through the civil rights movement
Wilson, a vice president of Northern Light Medical Group, spoke Monday at Rotary Club of Waterville's virtual 36th Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration.
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PublishedJanuary 17, 2022
MLK Day message: Don’t wait for someone else to work for racial justice in Maine
Panelists in a virtual event renew Martin Luther King's call to act with urgency in the fight for racial equity and social justice in Maine.
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PublishedJanuary 17, 2022
On MLK Day, King III implores Senate to act on voting rights
The civil rights leader's eldest son criticized the president and Congress as a whole on Monday for failing to pass voting rights legislation.
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PublishedJanuary 16, 2022
Farmington postpones Martin Luther King Jr. Day service due to storm
Event expected to be rescheduled, possibly to later this week.
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PublishedJanuary 16, 2022
Our View: Maine’s Susan Collins should heed MLK’s words on voting rights
The senator and her Republican colleagues must recognize that there is no middle ground in the march toward multiracial democracy.
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PublishedJanuary 14, 2022
Waterville Rotary Club to host virtual Martin Luther King Jr. event Monday for public
The celebration will feature a talk by Darmita Wilson, vice president of Northern Light Medical Group, and will be held at 8 a.m. Monday.
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PublishedJanuary 18, 2021
Dr. Nirav Shah keynotes MLK Day observance in Farmington
Farmington Area Ecumenical Ministries hosts service via Zoom
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