Sara Boone rises from the ranks Sara Boone is the first black Fire Chief for Portland Fire and Rescue. Her promotion from Division Chief...

New black filmmakers celebrate By Danny Peterson Portland filmmaker Ifanyi Bell behind the lens. The executive producer of Open Signal...

PCC installs monument to local black history Portland Community College at the Cascade Campus in north Portland honors the late Evelyn...

Herndon receives First Citizen honor Portland activist and educator Ron Herndon (center), director of Albina Head Start for more than 40...

Three black businesses moving to Alberta Commons Cason’s Fine Meats, Champions Barbershop and greenHAUS gallery, three successful,...

Rev. Lawson to help form civil resistance chapter Rev. James Lawson Rev. James Lawson, one of the key architects of the modern Civil...

Vancouver Avenue First Baptist celebrates 75 years By Danny Peterson The Vancouver Avenue First Baptist Church under the direction of...

Kathleen Collins challenged stereotypes This year’s POW Fest, the Portland Oregon Women’s Film Festival, honors the late Kathleen...

PassinArt, Portland’s African American production theater company, presents “The No Play,” by John Henry Redwood, conveying the racially...