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Size of Original

12 pages

Contributing Institution

Portland Public Library Special Collections & Archives

Location

Portland, Cumberland, Maine, USA

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Description

The Low Income People's Voice was a free-of-charge community newspaper founded in 1970 parallel to an era of major urban renewal in Portland, Maine- and reflecting an activism in response to large-scale demolition and marginalizing populations in the city.

The April 1972 issue features articles about arson on Pleasant Street, opposition to the construction of the Holiday Inn by the Bay (88 Spring Street), housing, Youth in Action, Model Cities urban renewal program, the Bayside neighborhood.

Publication Date

4-1972

City

Portland, Cumberland, Maine, USA

Keywords

Portland ME, community activism, education, Portland West, Youth in Action, West End, Munjoy Hill, Bayside

The Low Income People's Voice - April 1972

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