The University of Maine Racial Justice Collection is a curated collection of items compiled as part of an internship project to create an archive of primary sources by, from, and about the Black community and racial justice issues at the University of Maine and in the greater Bangor region. The Collection was created in response to the increased social awareness of racial justice issues in the United States following the death of George Floyd in the spring and summer of 2020.
The resources include theses, extracts from The Maine Campus student newspaper, newsletters, interviews, articles, posters, webpages, correspondence, and reports from University of Maine administrators, departments, student groups, and individual faculty, staff, students, and alumni. The material includes born digital items captured from the web and scans of analog items from records held in the University of Maine Archive.
The content was compiled by student intern Madison Riley and staff in Fogler Library from August 2020-April 2021.
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Maine Campus_Students struggle to inform, increase diversity
Christine Thurston
Article from the University of Maine student newspaper The Maine Campus regarding racist stereotypes and a lack of diversity of on the University campus.
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Maine Campus_Students relate personal battles against racism
Robert S. Bellamente
Article from the University of Maine student newspaper The Maine Campus regarding a talk on racism at the Socialist/Marxist lunch held on campus that featured Native American student Bonnie Newson, Professor Doug Allen, Native American student; Angson Dhlakama, an African student from Zimbabwe; and Ricardo Tubbs, the president of the African-American Student Association.
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Maine Campus_Month of King programs, activities planned
Kathleen Brennan
Article from the University of Maine student newspaper The Maine Campus regarding a tribute to Martin Luther King Jr. held in the Memorial Union.
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Maine Campus_ Martin Luther King Holiday Revisited
Katy Brennan and Maine Campus Staff
A column article and editorial from the University of Maine student newspaper The Maine Campus regarding observing the Martin Luther Ling Jr.' Holiday at the University.
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Maine Campus_Varner seeks local NAACP post
Jeff Teunisen
Article from the University of Maine student newspaper The Maine Campus regarding James Varner seeking a post as president of the University of Maine and Greater Bangor Area Chapter of the NAACP.
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Maine Campus_King powerfully recalls past, projects future of civil rights
Christine Thurston
Article from the University of Maine student newspaper The Maine Campus on a lecture given by Yolanda King, eldest daughter of Martin Luther King Jr.
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Maine Campus_Students divided in perceptions of month
Christine Thurston
Article from the University of Maine student newspaper The Maine Campus on Black History Month celebrations.
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Maine Campus_Varner shares dream at Curry prologue
Christine Thurston
Article from the University of Maine student newspaper The Maine Campus regarding James Varner prologue on Martin Luther King and newly formed coalition on human rights before a Mark Curry comedy performance.
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Maine Campus_Black man, bogeyman
Malcolm Smith
Editorial from the from the The Maine Campus regarding racist stereotypes of Black men.
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Maine Campus_Multicultural dean vacancy may soon be filled
Jeff Teunisen
Article from the University of Maine student newspaper The Maine Campus regarding the recommendation of Shari Clarke to serve as Associate Dean for Minority Services and Multicultural Programs.
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Maine Campus_African-American group strives for unity
Malcolm Smith
Article from the University of Maine student newspaper The Maine Campus regarding the African-American Student Association's call for unity amongst African-American University of Maine students.
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Maine Campus_Lick addresses race problems, offers programs
Michelle Hikel
Article from the University of Maine student newspaper The Maine Campus regarding a press conference University of Maine President Dale W. Lick gave regarding racism, in response to a racist attack on two Black students.
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Maine Campus_Responses to racist attack
Harold Kamanyi, Dale W. Lick, Gretchen Lahey, and Jamal Williamson
Letters to the editor in the University of Maine student newspaper The Maine Campus regarding a racist attack on two Black University of Maine students.
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Maine Campus_Editorials regarding racist attack
Maine Campus Staff
Editorials from the University of Maine student newspaper The Maine Campus regarding a racist attack on two Black University of Maine students.
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Maine Campus_Students say racism a problem at UMaine
Doug Vanderweide
Article from the University of Maine student newspaper The Maine Campus regarding racism experienced by Black students at the University of Maine.
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Maine Campus_ More white than black
Doug Kesseli
Editorial from the University of Maine student newspaper The Maine Campus regarding the lack of Black students, faculty, and administrators at the University.
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Maine, Volume 69, Number 1, Winter 1988
University of Maine Alumni Association
Contents:
Only Pat's Pizza Hasn't Changed (Sandy Phippen's refelections on campus) --- UM Nursing Graduates Find It Easy to Get Jobs, But Will They Stay? --- Acid Rain: It's Only Part of the Problem --- Being Black at Maine --- Teaching Teachers to be Human Ecologists --- What Maine High School Students Think of UM
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University of Maine's Equal Employment (E.E.O) Comparative Data on Employment of Minority Groups employed by the University
University of Maine
Three sets of data from between the years 1975-1977 on the University of Maine's employment and minority professionals. The first page is the E.E.O Comparative Data at UMaine from the years 1975-77 on the percentage of women and members of a minority group that were granted tenure. The second page states the ethnicity/race and how many of the 'minorities' who are classified employees, women in 'traditionally male jobs categories', and the number of disabled and flow employee. The third, and last, page is the goals for June 1977 and percentage of minority professionals at UMaine in each division at the university. It also included the turnover potential from 1973-77 and whether the professionals retired, resigned, and the growth in career.
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Maine Campus_UMO blacks say Maine is biased
Maine Campus Staff
Article from the University of Maine student newspaper The Maine Campus regarding six students alleging that the University of Maine is biased against Black students.
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Maine Campus_The Tsunami
Jim Cook
Editorial Article from the University of Maine student newspaper The Maine Campus on the People's Coalition group discussions regarding the end of the University's Martin Luther King Scholarship and racism.
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Maine Campus_ Williams keynotes Black Symposium
David Bright
Article from the University of Maine student newspaper The Maine Campus regarding Hosea Williams delivering the keynote speech at the Black Symposium on Black America held at the University.
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Maine Campus_ Black symposium-Forman damns U.S. capitalism
Martha Hanley
Article from the University of Maine student newspaper The Maine Campus regarding James Forman's speech at the Symposium on Black America held at the University.
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Maine Campus_Student services
Stephen A. Rubinoff
Article from the University of Maine student newspaper The Maine Campus regarding University services to support "minority" students such as the Martin Luther King Scholarship.
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Maine Campus_Maine Campus_University starts Martin Luther King Scholarship program
Maine Campus Staff
Article from the University of Maine student newspaper The Maine Campus regarding the University starting a Martin Luther King Scholarship for Black students to attend the University.
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Group Perception in the Bangor NAACP
Alice Prine
An Honors Thesis completed at the University of Maine in 1965.
Text from the author's introductory paragraphs:
How do the members of a group perceive the group to which they belong? Is the perception of a specific group related to the individual members' age, sex, race, religion, education, occupation, marital status, area of residence, number of meetings attended in the cast year, and participation in community activities.
The Bangor Area Branch of the NAACP is made up of a number of people drawn together by a common interest, the plight of the Negro in Maine and in the Bangor area. How do the members of the Bangor NAACP perceive their group, and is this perception of the group related to the members’ differences in age, sex, race, religion, education, occupation, marital, status, area of residence, number of meetings attended in the past year, and participation in community activities? The factors just listed are the independent variables. The dependent variable is the perception of the group.
This is a descriptive study. Only those members of the Bangor NAACP attending the March 3, 1965 meeting held at the University of Maine in Orono are included in the study. I chose this sample because I hoped that a cross section of the members would attend the meeting, because I could easily administer the questionnaire at a meeting, and because the March 3 meeting occurred at the time I was ready to do field research.