How Martin Luther King Jr. Day feels different after ‘a year of revelation’
Black Lives Matter is likely the largest movement in American history. On the eve of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the question is, what does it mean for Maine?
Share
Lelia DeAndrade was in downtown Portland one Friday last summer when Black Lives Matter marchers passed by. People of color were among the crowd, yes, but she was surprised and heartened to see they weren’t the only ones demonstrating.
Multi-racial herself, she was well aware that racism existed. She also believed that many white Mainers thought racism hadn’t really been a problem for years.