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Published: 14 August 2014

 

He was a member of the last official class of the Tuskegee Program that trained African American pilots for combat duty in the U. S. Army Air Corps during World War II

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Published: 11 August 2014

 

Johnson was a teacher who taught diversity to all her students and was known for her classroom displays 

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Published: 16 June 2014

 

The memorial service for James C. Crolley will be held on Saturday, June 14th, at 1:00 p.m. at Life Change Christian Center located at 3635 N Williams Ave, Portland, OR 97227.

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Published: 28 May 2014

 

Services are scheduled for Wednesday, June 4. A master pianist of many disciplines, Scroggins wowed audiences with everything from Scott Joplin and Ray Charles to the Ten Grands tours and more

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Published: 06 May 2014

 

Billy Frank Jr. had been a fierce and tireless champion for salmon, tribal sovereignty and the right of Northwest tribes to fish in their traditional waters

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Written by Greg Beacham, AP Sports Writer

Published: 21 April 2014

 

Exonerated after serving 20 years for murders he did not commit, boxer Rubin Carter was a beacon of hope for the wrongly convicted

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Published: 17 April 2014

 

She was passionate about making a difference in her community

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Published: 14 April 2014

 

Herman McKinney, civil rights activist and a community leader in Seattle died April 11, aged 75

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Published: 27 March 2014

 

Eugene Jackson, longtime African American community activist, minority business advocate, educator, small businessman and local cattle rancher passed away earlier this year.  He was 82.

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Published: 18 March 2014

 

If you really knew or appreciated Peter and want to honor him, do as he so loved to do, and perform one completely unexpected, outrageous and lovely act in front of people you do not necessarily know, in order to lift at least one person out of their focus on mundane concerns by drawing their attention to the wide array of alternative and beautiful possibilities that are always available around us if only we take the time to stop and look.