{"id":12,"date":"2007-11-29T10:45:18","date_gmt":"2007-11-29T10:45:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/decemberdilemma\/2007\/11\/threats-close-down-kwanzaa.html"},"modified":"2007-11-29T10:45:18","modified_gmt":"2007-11-29T10:45:18","slug":"threats-close-down-kwanzaa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/decemberdilemma\/2007\/11\/threats-close-down-kwanzaa.html","title":{"rendered":"Threats Close Down Kwanzaa"},"content":{"rendered":"

In an episode that Bangor, Maine residents are calling “chilling,” the town’s celebration of Kwanzaa has been canceled after threats of violence were made against the area’s African-Americans. A 75-year-old man, who is currently at large, has threatened repeatedly to shoot members of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), and a court document reports that he also said, “Maine should be a \u2018white\u2019 state,” according to BangorDailyNews.com<\/a>.
\nIn light of the threats, NAACP meetings have been held in secret, with guards posted at the door. The Kwanzaa celebration, which would have taken place at a local Unitarian Universalist Church, has been canceled, though the group is hoping to be able to publicly mark Martin Luther King Day in January.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In an episode that Bangor, Maine residents are calling “chilling,” the town’s celebration of Kwanzaa has been canceled after threats of violence were made against the area’s African-Americans. 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