Black History and Williams Avenue

From the Archives

2012-02-23

Black History and Williams Avenue
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From the Archives: NE Portland's 'Mayor' Ran Hot Night Spot

Article first published 02-23-2005

2012-02-23

Paul Knauls as Told to Helen Silvis Of The Skanner News

For Black History Month 2012, The Skanner News is reissuing past articles on neighborhood history. Read the complete article

From the Archives: Club Faces Closure: Establishment under pressure from neighbors to curb noise

Article first published on 01-06-1999

2012-02-23

Tonya Y. Foster Of The Skanner News

Special for Black History 2012: The Skanner News reissues critical articles from the past. Here, the Boise Neighborhood gentrification story of the Cleo-Lillian Social Club. Read the complete article

Mapping Out Our Histories

New project looks for lost stories of Williams Avenue and the Civil Rights Movement in Portland

2012-02-23

Lisa Loving of The Skanner News

Mapping project looks for lost stories of Williams Avenue and the Civil Rights Movement in Portland Read the complete article

Putting Humans on Display: Paris Museum Probes a Racist Tradition

Exhibit at the Quai Branly Museum helps people question deep-held beliefs about the "other"

2011-11-28

Angela Charlton The Associated Press

PARIS (AP) -- It's a queasy experience, viewing chained tribal dancers do a white man's bidding, or African women stripped and photographed to feed European curiosity. Read the complete article

Obama Protects Site That Played Major Role in American Slave History

Virginia’s Fort Monroe, where Dutch traders first brought Africans, is set to become national monument

2011-11-01

Darlene Superville The Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama wants to protect a deactivated Army fort in Virginia's Tidewater area that played an important role in the nation's slave history. Read the complete article

VIDEO: Smithsonian Hosts 'The Black List' Portraits in DC

Whoopi Goldberg, Sean Combs among the 50 large-scale photographs of prominent African Americans

2011-10-27

Brett Zongker The Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Whoopi Goldberg, John Legend, Sean Combs and Serena Williams now have a place in the National Portrait Gallery in a new show featuring leading black figures from entertainment, politics, sports and business. Read the complete article

Marine Corps to Teach Story of First Black Marines

Staunchly traditional military branch is looking to increase diversity

2011-10-24

Julie Watson The Associated Press

OCEANSIDE, Calif. (AP) -- Oscar Culp does not like to remember. His mind has erased the harshest details. But the pain still stings for the 87-year-old WWII veteran, who endured boot camp in a snake-infested North Carolina swampland as one of the first blacks admitted to the Marine Corps. Read the complete article

Oregon Senators Urge Panetta to Expedite Medal of Honor for Henry Lincoln Johnson

WWI Hellfighter was denied recognition because he was African American

2011-10-05

Helen Silvis Of The Skanner News

Oregon Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkeley have sent a letter to the U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta, asking him to award the Medal of Honor to WWI war hero Henry Lincoln Johnson. They have also asked Panetta to speed up the process, which normally takes two years. Read the complete article

City Where Civil War Began Getting MLK Memorial

Citizens committee in Charleston to decide design of monument

2011-09-28

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) -- The city where the Civil War began is getting a memorial to slain civil rights leader Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. Read the complete article