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John Jenkins : The Mayor of Maine

by Chuck Radis

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About the Book
As an African American growing up in the racially divided city of Newark during the 1960s, John Jenkins could have joined a gang and descend into a life of hopelessness, anger and violence. Instead, he found his calling as a community leader and activist for social justice in the virtually all-white state of Maine. He was elected mayor of Lewiston, served one term in the Maine Legislature and was twice elected mayor of Auburn, the second time as a write-in candidate. Jenkins also was an acclaimed karate teacher and martial arts competitor who was inducted in 2015 into the World Martial Arts Hall of Fame and the International Black Belt Hall of Fame.
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http://www.doctorchuckradis.com
Features & Details
  • Primary Category: Biographies & Memoirs
  • Additional Categories Social Justice, Black Lives Matter
  • Project Option: 5×8 in, 13×20 cm
    # of Pages: 156
  • Isbn
    • Softcover: 9798210314055
  • Publish Date: May 10, 2022
  • Language English
  • Keywords John Jenkins, Maine politics, Black history
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About the Creator
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James McCarthy
Brunswick, Maine

James McCarthy is an award-winning journalist and photographer who lives in Brunswick, Maine. His photographs have been shown in the juried May Show exhibition of the Cleveland Museum of Art four times. His work also has been shown in one-person exhibitions in Portland, Brunswick, Bath and Newagen, Maine; as well as in group exhibitions at the Butler Institute of American Art; the New Organization of Visual Artists in Cleveland; the Center for the Arts at the Chocolate Church in Bath, Maine; the Cleveland Museum of Contemporary Art and Cleveland State University. He was one of 43 photographers selected to pursue documentary photography projects in Cleveland for the acclaimed 144-page book “Images from the Heart: A Bicentennial Celebration of Cleveland and Its People,” which was the official commemorative publication of the Cleveland Bicentennial Commission that was published in 1995.

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