Diversity at the Ballot Box: Electoral Politics and Maine’s Minority Communities, Post-WWII to the Present Jean Byers Sampson Center for Diversity in Maine Exhibition 2008 This catalogue was produced with the generous support of the University of Maine System Diversity Committee. Albert Brenner Glickman Family Library 314 Forest Avenue Portland, Maine 04104-9301 Special Collections Reading Room Reading Room Hours Monday, Wednesday, and Friday 1:00-5:00 p.m., or if necessary, by Contents appointment. Please call Jenifer Bennett at Introduction 3 (207) 780-4275 to schedule an Selma Botman appointment. Quiet Revolution: A Tally of Black Victories 5 Exhibition Area Hours Bob Greene, for the African American Collection of Maine During Glickman Library open hours. Visit Is It Good for the Jews? Is it Good for Everyone? 15 http://library.usm.edu/about/hours.html Maine Jewry between Civic Idealism and the Politics of Reality for hours during semester breaks and Abraham J. Peck, Scholar-in-Residence for the Judaica Collection on holidays. From the Closet to the Ballot-Box: 23 Electoral Politics and Maine’s LGBT Citizens, 1970s to the Present Howard M. Solomon, Scholar-in-Residence for the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Collection 1 Special Collections Staff Steering Committee Susie R. Bock Bob Greene Head of Special Collections; Director, Chair and Community Appointee the Sampson Center for Diversity in Rafael Galvez Maine, (207) 780-4269 Community Appointee
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