Maine's Black residents and public service
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- Title:
- Maine's Black residents and public service
- Date Created:
- 1968
- Description:
- Like most Blacks in public service (firemen; police men; postmaster) in Maine, African American firemen in Maine were unusual and controversial. The lack of African Americans in public service stemmed from the pushback by white citizens to African Americans joining such services. The results of the pushback are eye-opening. For example, in 2001, Winston McGill became the first Black person since the 1800s to be a member of the Portland Fire Department.
- Subjects:
- Firefighting Employment
- Location:
- Waterville, ME
- Latitude:
- 44.55196659
- Longitude:
- -69.6314857
- Source:
- Harold E. Richardson Papers, African American Collection, Jean Byers Sampson Center for Diversity in Maine, University of Southern Maine Libraries.
- Source Identifier:
- AAMS003_b1f05_fire
- Type:
- Image;stillImage
- Format:
- image/jpg
Source
- Preferred Citation:
- "Maine's Black residents and public service", 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_051.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/