Begin Again Black community and resistance


Black Power banner, Waterville, 1970

Black Power banner, Waterville, 1970
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Maine Historical Society

Torn from a sheet or pillowcase marked "Gordon Linen Service," this banner was used by Students for a Democratic Society at Colby College.

After the escalation of the Vietnam War in the spring of 1970, members of SDS participated in national protests and took over the chapel at Colby.

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