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...

Home run king remembered for greatness on and off field Hall of Famer Hank Aaron waves to the crowd in 2013 during Baseball Hall of Fame...

Brings basic health services to students Multnomah County and the Reynolds School District open a new Student Health Center at Reynolds...

Reclassifies Negro Leagues as Major League Kansas City Monarchs pitcher Leroy Satchel Paige warms up at New York's Yankee Stadium before...

Grant murals seen as promoting racist culture 90-year-old murals depicting Native Americans and white settlers will be removed from Grant...

Walidah Imarisha to lead Center for Black Studies Walidah Imarisha, educator, writer, academic and spoken word artist, is an expert on...

Measure also includes a new Center for Black Student Excellence Home to Portland’s historic African American community, Jefferson High...

NAACP reignites achievement competition Rev. E.D. Mondainé and Renee Mitchell The NAACP’s youth-based Afro-Academic, Cultural,...

Virtual ‘Be Great University’ new resource for entrepreneurs Jamaal and Christina Lane, the husband-and-wife team behind Portland’s...