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Dividing Lines: How Transportation Infrastructure Reinforces Racial Inequality

Presented by Mechanics' Hall
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Mechanics' Hall
519 Congress Street, Portland ME 04101
7:00pm - 9:00pm EDT

Eminent legal scholar and president of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), Deborah Archer offers a critical examination of how transportation infrastructure - from highways and roads to sidewalks and buses - has been used to protect segregation and deepen racial inequality in America after the fall of Jim Crow.

This event includes an author talk and panel discussion exploring the intersections of urban planning, law, and social/racial justice across the United States and here in Maine.

Tuesday, September 9 at 7:00 PM (doors 6:30 PM), approximately 90 minutes including Q&A.

FREE to the public, registration is required.

Presented by the ACLU of Maine and Mechanics' Hall, with Longfellow Books

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