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    Bowdoin College has been educating leaders for America and the world since the dawn of the American republic. Founded in 1794, Bowdoin is a highly selective college of approximately 1,730 students of distinction from across America and around the world.

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Resources

Local Resources

Visible Black History: Maine Black History resources.

Maine Memory Network’s African American image gallery.

African Culture in Maine -  A 2006 article by Simon Ottenberg on African art and culture in Maine.

An American for the Arts study on Africans in Maine (PDFPDF)

Maine’s African film festival.

Portland’s Museum of African Culture

A guide to Portsmouth, New Hampshire’s Black Heritage Trail.

A guide to African American cultural and historical sites in Boston.

 The New England Historic Genealogical Society’s African American research page.

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