It all started with a simple question. Nearly 24 years ago, two women from Denver wanted to know why the city of Portland didn’t have a street named for Martin Luther King Jr. ... Read the complete article
WASHINGTON (NNPA) - On Nov. 3, 2008, an important telephone conference was held in Black America. That was the day that then candidate Barack Obama, on the eve of his historic election to the presidency, promised African-American leaders and representatives across the nation that if elected, he would never forget that Black people are specifically and disparately hurting from social ills.
Read the complete articleWASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s remarks about Barack Obama — only the latest such eruption since America’s first Black president took office a year ago — probably say more about the state of race relations in the United States than they do about Obama... Read the complete article
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — The sign on the public bus from Montgomery, Ala., invites you to take a seat near the statue of Rosa Parks... Read the complete article
A list of pertinent books related to civil rights struggles ...
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Black Catholics Sponsor MLK Mass; Days of Service; Foood Bank; Living the Dream Award; ..... Read the complete article
The 24th Martin Luther King Breakfast kicks off this morning at 8:30 am. The Skanner staff and a team from the North Portland Multimedia Training Center have been onsite at the Oregon Convention center since 6:30 a.m. to make sure everything is ready. The Keynote speaker, Robin Morris Collin, an author and environmental law professor at Willamette University, is expected to speak about environmental issues during the breakfast. At this early hour people are arriving and meeting up with friends and colleagues in the reception area ... Read the complete article
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