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Pedersen, Margo – History Teacher, 2019
In Maine, where black people are a mere 1.6% of the population today, there once existed a small mixed-race community called Malaga Island. In 1912, the state forcibly evicted Malaga's residents and committed eight to the Maine School for the Feebleminded. The state and the press branded this cruel tragedy a triumph and their interpretation was…
Descriptors: Resilience (Psychology), African Americans, Multiracial Persons, History