Event part of PSU 'State of Mind' Festival The diversity of Vanport, a wartime housing project destroyed by floodwaters in 1948, is...

Powerful Congressman was civil rights champion Rep. Elijah Cummings at a hearing on Capitol Hill in March. (AP photo) A wake and funeral...

Theater group needs volunteers Portland’s African American PassinArt theater group assembled for a previous year’s production of Black...

PSU outlines decision; students call for boycott Portland State University alumna and graduate student Olivia Pace addresses the PSU...

A musical journey of blues and Gospel in America “Boogie Cat” Norman Sylvester will front a musical journey of blues and gospel in...

A Portland favorite with an original dish each day By Beverly Corbell Kiauna Nelson, owner of Kee’s #Loaded Kitchen, Portland’s most...

Alberta Commons business owners celebrate By Danny Peterson Alberta Commons businesses owners (pictured from left) Dayna Reed, Theotis...

Lingering racial disparities drive discussion Actor Danny Glover (right) and author Ta-Nehisi Coates testify about reparation for the...

Emancipation Day celebration in Richmond, Virginia, ca. 1905. VCU LIBRARIES Beyond Black, a community development corporation that aims...