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A portrait of Henrietta Helm painted on the side of the former Republic Building on West Muhammad Ali Boulevard. She was born in 1865, which marked the end of the Civil War and the last year of legal slavery in America. March 18, 2021. (WDRB photo)
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Helm became a teacher when she was just 17 years old and went on to become a principal, running the Portland Colored Evening School in the early 20th century.
