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I-5 Scar of Displacement Revisited

I-5 Scar of Displacement Revisited
Feb 23, 2021, 3:05 p.m.
Illuminating the Black Power Movement

Illuminating the Black Power Movement
Feb 18, 2021, 12:25 p.m.
Taking Aim at Gun Law Loophole

Taking Aim at Gun Law Loophole
Feb 23, 2021, 1:52 p.m.
Portland Observer’s 50 Years

Portland Observer’s 50 Years
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The Portland Observer: Did you Know?

The Portland Observer: Did you Know?
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Tiger Woods is pictured in this archive photo from AP. Lucky to be alive, Woods faces a difficult recovery after being seriously injured on Tuesday in a rollover crash in suburban Los Angeles.

Tiger Woods Faces Difficult Recovery

February 24, 2021 | 11:09 a.m.

At left, a historic photo from 1962 shows a swath of Portland centered at Broadway and Weidler that is cleared for construction of the I-5 freeway. At right, outdoor plazas as caps over I-5 at the Rose Quarter are envisioned as part of a new plan to increase the lanes of travel on the freeway. The proposal drew wide opposition for not addressing the economic development needs of the historic African American community which was first displaced by the freeway nearly 50 years ago

I-5 Scar of Displacement Revisited

February 23, 2021 | 3:05 p.m.

TreNisha Shearer, a senior at De LaSalle North Catholic High School, has been named 2021 Youth of the Year by the Boys & Girls Clubs of Portland Metro area.

Named Youth of the Year

February 23, 2021 | 2:25 p.m.

Sharon Risher

Taking Aim at Gun Law Loophole

February 23, 2021 | 1:52 p.m.

Arts & Entertainment

A memorial bust of York, the black slave who was part of the Lewis & Clark expedition, emerged in Mt Tabor Park on Saturday. (AP photo)

Bust of York Appears in Park

February 23, 2021 | 12:48 p.m.

Randi Stewart of Portland is running her own online business, 526 Beauty and Skincare Products, at 526beauty.com.

Entrepreneur Inspired by Family

February 23, 2021 | 12:13 p.m.

The new film “Judas and the Black Messiah,” now streaming on HBO Max, shines a light on the leadership and assassination of Fred Hampton, chairman of the Illinois Black Panther Party in 1969, and Bill O'Neal, the young man who fed the FBI much of the information that made that assassination possible.

Illuminating the Black Power Movement

February 18, 2021 | 12:25 p.m.

An Alabama state trooper grabs a woman as police break up the 1965 Selma to Montgomery civil rights march pressing for voter registration rights for Black Americans across the South. The violent response by police became known as “Bloody Sunday.” (AP photo)

The Links Honor Black History

February 9, 2021 | 2:09 p.m.

Metro

At left, a historic photo from 1962 shows a swath of Portland centered at Broadway and Weidler that is cleared for construction of the I-5 freeway. At right, outdoor plazas as caps over I-5 at the Rose Quarter are envisioned as part of a new plan to increase the lanes of travel on the freeway. The proposal drew wide opposition for not addressing the economic development needs of the historic African American community which was first displaced by the freeway nearly 50 years ago

I-5 Scar of Displacement Revisited

February 23, 2021 | 3:05 p.m.

TreNisha Shearer, a senior at De LaSalle North Catholic High School, has been named 2021 Youth of the Year by the Boys & Girls Clubs of Portland Metro area.

Named Youth of the Year

February 23, 2021 | 2:25 p.m.

Student Nahlee Suvanvej (right) and her career mentor Tracee Wells are pictured outside the Portland Metro Workforce Training Center, located at Northeast 42nd and Killingsworth.

A Degree and a New Lease on ...

February 23, 2021 | 12:53 p.m.

Student Nahlee Suvanvej (right) and her career mentor Tracee Wells are pictured outside the Portland Metro Workforce Training Center, located at Northeast 42nd and Killingsworth.

Street Team Dispatched

February 23, 2021 | 12:41 p.m.

Law & Justice

Sharon Risher

Taking Aim at Gun Law Loophole

February 23, 2021 | 1:52 p.m.

Jo Ann Hardesty

Rethink Police Panel Forms

February 23, 2021 | 1:45 p.m.

Sirius Bonner,vice president of equity and inclusion at Planned Parenthood Columbia Willamette.

Black Women Seldom Get Support We Deserve

February 18, 2021 | 10:34 a.m.

Lew Frederick

Black Voices Grow Power in Salem

February 9, 2021 | 3:07 p.m.

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