UNE Trustee Gerald Talbot interviewed about the 1963 March on Washington on the WCSH6's 207

University of New England Trustee Gerald Talbot was interviewed by Rob Caldwell for WCSH6's 207 news magazine. Talbot became the first African American member of the Maine House of Representatives in 1972. In the interview, Talbot discusses his participation in the 1963 March on Washington, along with other African American activists as part of the Civil Rights Movement. Talbot also helped reorganize the NAACP in Maine. Watch the interview.

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