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Maine Senate proclaims February 2025 Black History Month, honors Mary McLeod Bethune
Summary
The Maine Senate adopted a joint resolution recognizing February 2025 as Black History Month and passed a separate joint resolution honoring educator and civil-rights leader Mary McLeod Bethune following floor remarks by senators.
The Maine State Senate on Feb. 4, 2025 adopted a joint resolution recognizing February 2025 as Black History Month and separately adopted a joint resolution honoring educator and civil-rights leader Mary McLeod Bethune, senators said on the floor.
Senator Rachel Talbot Ross, sponsor of the Black History Month resolution, told colleagues the commemoration is an opportunity to “take a look back with pride, but also with the determination to move forward with resolve.” She cited the Abyssinian Meeting House on the Portland peninsula as an example of Maine’s Black history and noted researchers have identified “over 2,000 people of color who lived in what…
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