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Illuminating the Black Power Movement
New films explore FBI’s historic obsession with Black leaders By Darleen Ortega The new film “Judas and the Black Messiah,” now streaming...
Feb 18, 20215 min read


Black Women Seldom Get Support We Deserve
Black History Month is time to celebrate the accomplishments By Sirius Bonner February is Black History Month — a time to celebrate the...
Feb 16, 20213 min read


Black Voices Grow Power in Salem
Frederick leads most diverse group of lawmakers By Beverly Corbell Lew Frederick The Legislative session currently underway at the State...
Feb 10, 20214 min read


TriMet Honors Rosa Parks
Transit agency ushers in first annual Equity Day Rosa Parks is arrested in 1955 in Montgomery, Ala., after she refused to give up a seat...
Feb 3, 20212 min read


First Black Person to Lead ACLU
100-year-old civil rights group makes history Deborah Archer is the first Black person to become president of the American Civil...
Feb 1, 20212 min read


Racial Disparity in COVID-19 Shots
Vaccinations survey shows Black Americans lag behind whites Veterans wait inside the VA Medical Center in Philadelphia to receive the...
Feb 1, 20215 min read


Actress Cicely Tyson Dead at 96
Family announces death of groundbreaking, award-winning actress Cicely Tyson arrives at the Creative Arts Emmy Awards in Los Angles on...
Jan 28, 20214 min read


Vancouver’s African American Roots
Historian shares stories for Black History Month Historian Melissa Williams will share the story of McCloughlin Heights and Vancouver’s...
Jan 26, 20211 min read


Wells Picked for Wilson High Renaming
District to name school for civil rights icon Ida B. Wells-Barnett was born into slavery in 1862 and was freed during the Civil War. An...
Jan 26, 20212 min read
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