Urban League of Portland Staff Attends National Conference From left to right: Crystal Chane Mathis, Nathaniel Hamlett, Jennifer Parrish...

Celebrating Juneteenth and encouraging reading and literacy to kids By Beverly Corbell Nikki Brown the Clown This year’s Juneteenth...

Local photographer produces a marquee event to celebrate Juneteenth Noted local photographer goes from documenting Black rodeo culture to...

Striving to cultivate diversity, advance equity and practice inclusion in all of its work Sebrina Owens- Wilson new director of...

Nike Gives Back By Beverly Corbell Nike co-founder Phil Knight and 1803 Fund founder Rukaiyah Adams at an event on April 24 at Nike...

Black Trivia and other Great Tales By Michael Leighton Los Angeles author and poet Michael E. Hudson Sr. has roots in Oregon where earned...

By Beverly Corbell Entrepreneur David Jefferson “Black History Month should be every month”, says entrepreneur David Jefferson, and the...

$1M goal to support black women graduates of Oregon high schools Senator Avel Louise Gordly February is the birthday month of former...

(AP) — Willie Richardson, a longtime champion for minority education and respected voice for racial equality in Oregon, has died. She was...