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13 of 13 Colby College graduates toss their caps into the air Sunday morning after receiving their diplomas in front of Miller Library during the colleges 200th commencement, on Mayflower Hill in Waterville. Rich Abrahamson/Morning Sentinel WATERVILLE — Light rain Sunday morning could not dampen the excitement of Colby College’s 200th commencement. Even as clouds rolled in and the ceremony was moved up 15 minutes, the feeling of celebration was palpable on Mayflower Hill in Waterville as sp...

When people rose up a year ago against the murder of George Floyd and other Black Americans  killed by police, it reignited a racial justice movement in Oregon and across the world with calls for change in every corner of our communities.  Schools were specifically challenged for perpetuating racism through whitewashed and incomplete histories and were called on to play a new role: to teach the next generation to be anti-racist.  Many local schools during the protests acknowledged the c...

W. Kamau Bell: Until those in power act right, Ill see you in the streets CNN 1 hr ago Opinion by W. Kamau Bell © Nathan Howard/Getty Images PORTLAND, OR - JULY 23: More than a thousand protesters march past Mark O. Hatfield U.S. Courthouse as part of ongoing protests against racial injustice and police brutality on July 23, 2020 in Portland, Oregon. Thursday night marked 57 days of protests in Portland following the death of George Floyd in police custody. (Photo by Natha...

Of course, Jordan came to the House in 1973 with certain advantages. Her reputation as the first black woman elected to Congress from the South preceded her. And while there were dozens of look-alike white male fresh­men, no one was likely to confuse Bar­bara Jordan with anyone else. Still, it was another black woman—Yvonne Braithwaite Burke of Los Angeles—who was singled out as the real star; Burke had been temporary chairman of the 1972 Democratic Convention and her picture, not Jordan�...

Poet Richard Blanco to speak at Colby College’s 200th commencement ceremonies May 23 The speaker at baccalaureate ceremonies May 22 will be higher education authority Charles Terrell who, along with Erin French, owner of the Lost Kitchen restaurant in Freedom, Nobel Prize winning geneticist and chronobiologist Michael Rosbach and Theresa Secord, award-winning Penobscot basket maker and founding director of Maine Indian Basketmakers Alliance, will receive honorary doctorates. Photo by Jacob H...

1:03 KLCCs Brian Bull reports on Eugeneans reaction to the guilty verdicts in the Derek Chauvin trial in Minneapolis. Roughly 30 people showed for a low-key, informal gathering at the Wayne Morse Federal Courthouse in Eugene.  Most present said they were simply relieved that the jury found white police officer Chauvin guilty of all three counts in the death of George Floyd. Several attendees wore Black Lives Matter face masks and t-shirts saying “I Can’t Breathe.” Nona Solomon-Burt, at T...

The Guardian at 200: Windrush histories and mythologies of race in Britain Kennetta Hammond Perry and Kehinde Andrews lead this two-part lecture that explores the Windrush story and how a history of systemic racism laid the foundation stones for influencing our attitudes to race in the present day. Online workshop Time: 6pm-8.30pm (BST) Guardian Masterclasses - Kehinde Andrews & Kennetta Hammond Perry Photograph: Kehinde Andrews & Kennetta Hammond Perry Tue 20 Apr 2021 06.59 EDT Last modified ...

By Sarah Alvarez On March 25, 2021, Springfield Police Department’s “independent” expert, former police chief Rick Braziel, released an assessment of SPD’s response to the July 29, 2020, Black Unity protest. During the protest numerous people were injured by both law enforcement and violent far-right counter-protesters.  In response to SPD’s unconstitutional actions, the Civil Liberties Defense Center filed a civil rights action on behalf of specific named plaintiffs and Black Unity ...

  Apple CEO Tim Cook has spoken up following the controversial passage of a Georgia law limiting access to voting. Tim Cook has provided a statement in direct response to Georgias new voting law, "SB 202," which has been called a "return to Jim Crow" by observers. "The right to vote is fundamental in a democracy," Cook said in a statement to Axios. "American history is the story of expanding the right to vote to all citizens, and Black people, in particular, have had to march, struggle and ev...

Oregon protesters allege Springfield Police Department conspired to violate civil rights laws by Tim Gruver, The Center Square  | March 11, 2021 09:30 AM Print this article A lawsuit filed against the Springfield Police Department alleges its officers conspired with local residents to harass and intimidate Black Lives Matter protesters last summer. The case involves a July 29 protest in Springfield organized by Black Unity, a civil rights and anti-racism grou...