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In 1919, a Mob in Maine Tarred and Feathered Two Black College Students | History

Commentary: The hidden story of when two Black U-Maine students were tarred and feathered

Commentary: The hidden story of when two Black U-Maine students were tarred and feathered By Karen Sieber, University of MaineThe Conversation Share One cold April night in 1919, at around 2 a.m., a mob of 60 rowdy white students at the University of Maine surrounded the dorm room of Samuel and Roger Courtney in Hannibal Hamlin Hall. The mob planned to attack the two Black brothers from Boston in retaliation for what a newspaper article described at the time as their “domineering manner and ill temper.” The brothers were just two among what yearbooks show could not have been more than a dozen Black University of Maine students at the time.

The hidden story of when 2 Black UMaine students were tarred and feathered

The hidden story of when 2 Black UMaine students were tarred and feathered A humanities specialist at the University of Maine spent 5 years tracking down information about the Red Summer of 1919, the name given to the nationwide wave of violence against Black Americans that year. By Karen SieberUniversity of Maine Share One cold April night in 1919, at around 2 a.m., a mob of 60 rowdy white students at the University of Maine surrounded the dorm room of Samuel and Roger Courtney in Hannibal Hamlin Hall. The mob planned to attack the two Black brothers from Boston in retaliation for what a newspaper article described at the time as their “domineering manner and ill temper.” The brothers were just two among what yearbooks show could not have been more than a dozen Black University of Maine students at the time.

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