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Discrimination against Franco-Americans during the 1920s

Mary Rice-Defosse and James Myall

February is national Black History Month, a time to remember, among other historic people, the life of Martin Luther King who was martyred on April 4, 1968, in Memphis TN, while he was providing leadership for the civil rights of local workers. He was an icon who rallied the nation to oppose racial supremacist organizations […]

Maine Franco-American Genealogical Society meeting April 22 in Auburn

Camden Martin

The Maine Franco-American Genealogy Society will hold the spring meeting on April 22, 2023, at the Auburn Public Library. Saint Dominic Academy teacher Camden Martin will be the guest speaker. AUBURN, Me.- — The Maine Franco-American Genealogical Society (MFGS) will hold its spring meeting at 10 a.m.,on Saturday, April 22, at the Auburn Public Library, […]