Gerald E. Talbot, Speaker Pro Tem of the Maine House, [1977-78]
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- Title:
- Gerald E. Talbot, Speaker Pro Tem of the Maine House, [1977-78]
- Description:
- Gerald Talbot was the first Black chairperson of a legislative committee, the Human Resources Committee, and the first Black speaker pro-tem of the Maine House of Representatives in 1972, becoming the first Black person elected to the Maine legislature. He was reelected in 1974 and 1976.
- Subjects:
- Politics Maine State Legislature Government Education Gerald E. Talbot
- Location:
- Augusta, ME
- Latitude:
- 44.30726121
- Longitude:
- -69.78204115
- Source:
- Gerald E. Talbot Collection, African American Collection, Jean Byers Sampson Center for Diversity in Maine, University of Southern Maine Libraries.
- Source Identifier:
- AAMS1TalbotB5F71P199
- Type:
- Image;StillImage
- Format:
- image/jpg
- Digital Commons URL:
- https://digitalcommons.usm.maine.edu/talbot_politics/11/
Source
- Preferred Citation:
- "Gerald E. Talbot, Speaker Pro Tem of the Maine House, [1977-78]", We Exist Series 5, Digital Projects - University of Southern Maine Libraries & Learning
- Reference Link:
- acg-floating-204-197-4-76.acg.maine.edu/weexist5/items/we5_014.html
Rights
- Rights:
- This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License.
- Standardized Rights:
- https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/