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African American Collection unveils exhibit on Maine’s Black families
University of Southern Maine
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The University of Southern Maine’s African American Collection has unveiled the first of six new digital exhibitions, highlighting 200 years of families in Maine.
The first exhibit, “We Exist: Evidence of Maine’s Black Families from 1800 to the 20th Century,” specifically highlight images from the Gerald E. Talbot Collection, as well as others from the African American Collection, part of the Jean Byers Sampson Center for Diversity in Maine, Special Collections, University of Southern Maine.
“We Exist” is the first in a series of six digital exhibitions on Black inhabitants in the state of Maine that seeks to tell their stories through a variety of institutions. This series focuses on the family. The Black family remains a favorite topic across academia and society at large due to continuing stigmatization. The concept that the Black family functions at a defic