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Randal Maurice Jelks, professor, documentary producer and award-winning author, is scheduled Tuesday to discuss his book, "Letters to Martin: Meditations on Democracy in Black America," as part of the First Amendment Museum's speaker series.

Randal Maurice Jelks, professor, documentary producer and award-winning author, is scheduled Tuesday to discuss his book, "Letters to Martin: Meditations on Democracy in Black America," as part of the First Amendment Museum's speaker series.

Randal Maurice Jelks, professor, documentary producer and award-winning author, is scheduled Tuesday to discuss his book, "Letters to Martin: Meditations on Democracy in Black America," as part of the First Amendment Museum's speaker series.

Robert Fuller Jr., who has agreed to take back a statue of Melville W. Fuller over concerns about the elder Fuller's role in enshrining racial segregation in the United States, is now proposing to build a museum to house a statue across from the Kennebec County Courthouse at 95 State St.

The Kennebec Historical Society’s January Facebook Live presentation, “The First Amendment: One Maine Family’s Story of Living Their Freedoms,” is

Amanda Jellig’s forecast: Partly cloudy and colder

On the 230th anniversary of the amendment’s official adoption, let’s consider why the freedoms of religion, speech, press, assembly and petition were bundled together.

Letter

Commentary: How to live your First Amendment freedoms Many Americans can’t name the five freedoms this amendment guarantees: the freedoms of religion, speech, press, peaceful assembly and government petition. By Genie GannettSpecial to the Press Herald Share Recent months have shown that the phrase “free speech” is often misunderstood. Americans generally know about the First Amendment, but most cannot name the five freedoms it guarantees – the freedoms of religion, speech, press, pea...

The original banner hung in the Newseum in Washington, DC. Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The Bong Hits 4 Jesus Banner is now at the First Amendment Museum in Augusta, Maine, after attempts to display it in Juneau failed. Thats according to Juneau Attorney Douglas Mertz who represented Joseph Frederick who was a student at Juneau Douglas High School in 2002 when he unfurled the banner across the street from the high school while the Olympic Torch Relay w...