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New Roots on MLK
Alberta Commons business owners celebrate By Danny Peterson Alberta Commons businesses owners (pictured from left) Dayna Reed, Theotis...
Jul 22, 20193 min read
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Reparations Debate Taken Up in Congress
Lingering racial disparities drive discussion Actor Danny Glover (right) and author Ta-Nehisi Coates testify about reparation for the...
Jun 25, 20194 min read
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Rockwood Juneteenth Celebration
Emancipation Day celebration in Richmond, Virginia, ca. 1905. VCU LIBRARIES Beyond Black, a community development corporation that aims...
Jun 18, 20191 min read
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Promoted to Fire Chief
Sara Boone rises from the ranks Sara Boone is the first black Fire Chief for Portland Fire and Rescue. Her promotion from Division Chief...
Jun 18, 20192 min read
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Fostering Diversity Behind the Lens
New black filmmakers celebrate By Danny Peterson Portland filmmaker Ifanyi Bell behind the lens. The executive producer of Open Signal...
Jun 12, 20194 min read
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Crowell Center Opens
PCC installs monument to local black history Portland Community College at the Cascade Campus in north Portland honors the late Evelyn...
May 20, 20192 min read
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Lifetime Achievement
Herndon receives First Citizen honor Portland activist and educator Ron Herndon (center), director of Albina Head Start for more than 40...
Apr 30, 20192 min read
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Setting Up Shop
Three black businesses moving to Alberta Commons Cason’s Fine Meats, Champions Barbershop and greenHAUS gallery, three successful,...
Apr 24, 20193 min read
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College Group Hosts Civil Rights Icon
Rev. Lawson to help form civil resistance chapter Rev. James Lawson Rev. James Lawson, one of the key architects of the modern Civil...
Apr 22, 20191 min read
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