It was a quiet Martin Luther King Jr. Day in Maine as rising COVID-19 cases restricted the usual heap of in-person events celebrating the civil rights icon’s life. But James Varner, 87, said that King’s message was more relevant than ever in the fraught political climate of today. Varner — president of the Maine Human Rights Coalition and a cofounder of the Greater Bangor Branch of the NAACP — spoke from Chamberlain Freedom Park in Brewer next to a monument dedicated to the then-town’s purported role as a stop on the Underground Railroad. He called for Mainers to spread King’s message by treating each other with respect regardless of race, ethnicity, sexual orientation or creed, and participating in community activism to fight inequality. “Let’s turn this around,” Varner said.

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