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Celebrating Martin Luther King Jr.

Celebrating Martin Luther King Jr.
Jan 14, 2020, 11:11 a.m.
Fire Chief on Dr. King’s message

Fire Chief on Dr. King’s message
Jan 14, 2020, 10:52 a.m.
Communities of Color Leader Fights for Progress

Communities of Color Leader Fights for Progress
Jan 14, 2020, 11 a.m.
Celebrations Empower the Dream

Celebrations Empower the Dream
Jan 14, 2020, 11:59 a.m.
‘The Two Popes,’ a Compelling Drama

‘The Two Popes,’ a Compelling Drama
Jan 14, 2020, 11:47 a.m.

Latest News

Tommy Orange is the bestselling author of “There There,” a novel about the urban Native experience. (AP photo)

Free Copies for Everybody Reads

January 14, 2020 | 3:08 p.m.

Volunteers honor the legacy of Dr. Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. by participating with SOLVE in the United Way’s MLK Weekend of Service picking up litter on Northeast Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. Sixty community projects are part of this year’s weekend of service and you can still signup at unitedway-pdx.org/mlk.

United Way Weekend of Service

January 14, 2020 | 2:43 p.m.

The Natural Grocers store at Northeast Alberta and Martin Luther King Jr. and other Natural Grocers outlets are teaming up with the black-led nonprofit Jack and Jill of America to raise money for scholarships and other supports for future African American leaders.

A Campaign for Future Black Leaders

January 14, 2020 | 2:37 p.m.

Dr. Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. delivers a speech in Montgomery, Alabama in 1965.

King Defined by Rousing Speeches, Letters

January 14, 2020 | 2:24 p.m.

Arts & Entertainment

Michael B. Jordan (left) and Jamie Foxx in a scene from “Just Mercy,” a new historical drama about a young black lawyer, Bryan Stevenson (Jordan), and his history-making battle for justice..

NAACP Screens Film on Justice

January 14, 2020 | 12:09 p.m.

A struggle commences between both tradition and progress as two very different men (Anthony Perkins and Jonathan Price) confront elements from their pasts in order to find common ground and forge a future for the Catholic Church in the Oscar- nominated film ‘The Two Popes.’

‘The Two Popes,’ a Compelling Drama

January 14, 2020 | 11:47 a.m.

Internationally acclaimed opera star Angela Brown will be in Portland for multiple performances this month, including the annual Martin Luther King Jr. community celebration on Monday, Jan. 20 at the Highland Center, free 11 a.m. performances on Jan 21 and 22at Roosevelt and Franklin high schools, and a public reception on Thursday, Jan. 23 from 6-8 p.m. at the June Key Delta Center, 5940 N. Albina.

Performing for King’s Birthday

January 14, 2020 | 11:17 a.m.

Delphon “DJ” Curtis Jr. as Hedwig in the rock musical ‘Hedwig and the Angry Inch,’ now playing through Feb. 23 at Portland Center State at the Armory.

Hedwig and the Angry Inch at the ...

January 7, 2020 | 12:25 p.m.

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Tommy Orange is the bestselling author of “There There,” a novel about the urban Native experience. (AP photo)

Free Copies for Everybody Reads

January 14, 2020 | 3:08 p.m.

Volunteers honor the legacy of Dr. Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. by participating with SOLVE in the United Way’s MLK Weekend of Service picking up litter on Northeast Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. Sixty community projects are part of this year’s weekend of service and you can still signup at unitedway-pdx.org/mlk.

United Way Weekend of Service

January 14, 2020 | 2:43 p.m.

The Natural Grocers store at Northeast Alberta and Martin Luther King Jr. and other Natural Grocers outlets are teaming up with the black-led nonprofit Jack and Jill of America to raise money for scholarships and other supports for future African American leaders.

A Campaign for Future Black Leaders

January 14, 2020 | 2:37 p.m.

Dr. Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. delivers a speech in Montgomery, Alabama in 1965.

King Defined by Rousing Speeches, Letters

January 14, 2020 | 2:24 p.m.

Law & Justice

A music video posted to Youtube that glorified firearms was investigated by Homeland Security and led to the arrest of two Portland men for illegal position of a firearm.

Music Video Leads to Firearm Charges

January 7, 2020 | 4:27 p.m.

In the new film “Clemency,” Alfre Woodard stars as a dedicated prison warden who oversees death row inmates in a facility housing mostly African-American men, but whose faith in the justice system is increasingly strained.

Death Penalty Drama Hits Movie Theaters

January 7, 2020 | 9 a.m.

Jason Washington is pictured in this image from his Facebook page. The Portland father, U.S. Veteran and postal worker died in a shooting at the hands of Portland State University police in June of 2018.

Settlement in Jason Washington Shooting Death

January 3, 2020 | 9:51 a.m.

Portland Police Chief Danielle Outlaw, left, will be leaving to head up Philadelphia's police department. and Deputy Police Chief Jami Resch will be promoted to be the department's permanent chief..

Chief Outlaw Leaving; Deputy Promoted

December 30, 2019 | 1:37 p.m.

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