(CNN) -- By the time Clarence Jones reached him, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was in bad shape. He was unshaven, dirty and dejected. King had spent several days alone in solitary confinement with no mattress in a filthy dark jail cell in Birmingham, Alabama. Read the complete article
Photos from The 26th Annual Martin Luther King Breakfast with The Skanner Foundation's Scholarship Awards 2012 Read the complete article
The Skanner Foundation helps talented young Americans pursue higher education. Through gifts provided by our corporate sponsors and individuals we provide scholarships to deserving college students on an equal opportunity basis. Read the complete article
A 21st Century Economic Dream By Mike Green. Speech delivered at the MLK Breakfast at the Portland, Oregon Convention Center Read the complete article
LIVE BLOG; The Skanner Foundation Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Breakfast. Presenting Ellyn Angelotti from The Poynter Institute; Scholarship awards and the annual Drum Major for Justice award. Read the complete article
One of the world’s most dedicated groups of women will be holding one of the nation’s largest gatherings of people dedicated to fighting human trafficking from Jan. 14 to 16 at the Oregon Convention Center. Read the complete article
The Skanner News in 2011 plans to launch a wide array of new media ventures, and that’s why we are excited to announce our keynote speaker at the 25th Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Breakfast is Ellyn Angelotti of the Poynter Institute in St. Petersburg, Fla.
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Griffin’s musical play about the struggles and solutions of strong Black women, “Emerge: 7 Women, 7 Stools” will kick off a national tour on Jan. 28 and 29 at Portland’s Winningstad Theatre.
She will also be singing and performing for The Skanner’s 25th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Breakfast on Monday, Jan. 17. Read the complete article
Pulitzer prize winning civil rights historian Taylor Branch will headline the annual Cannon Beach Arts Symposium, which this year will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Freedom Rides of 1961. Appearing with Branch, for the first time, will be University of Washington Professor Quintard Taylor, author of “Civil Rights in the Northwest,” and Joseph Stevenson, one of the original freedom riders.
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The Skanner News looks back at some of the thousands of photographs that have been published over 35 years of service to Portland's African American community ...
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