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Rewriting History
I can think of many things in my past that I would love to rewrite. Perhaps never buying a Hyundia as my first car back so long ago or studying a little harder in Geometry class while in high school o… more →
CRITICAL LEGAL STUDIES ll
mattgonzalez wrote 2 months ago: Detail from an installation, The Ten Commandments, at Deitch Projects in New York City by Keith Hari … more →
100th Anniversary of the NAACP
erinbarnett wrote 4 months ago: The NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People), founded in 1909, is celebrat … more →
John Hope Franklin (1915-2009): Historian and Fighter for Social Justice
Fox wrote 8 months ago: Academics and intellectuals – and college professors in particular – are often thought of as living … more →
International Women's Day 2009
rebeccamoniquewilliams wrote 8 months ago: Rosa Parks' mug shot after being arrested for not giving up her seat to a white passenger Today … more →
Of Love, Labour and Loss...
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Jude wrote 9 months ago: Of seating and standing… Are you sitting comfortably? Then I’ll begin… In front of … more →
Black History Month at the Renton History Museum
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misslynar wrote 9 months ago: By now you know that February is Black History Month. In honor of that the Renton History Museum … more →
Black History Month: Charles Payne's I've Got the Light of Freedom
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jeffkellylowenstein3 wrote 9 months ago: Charles Paynes discusses the grassroots organizing tradition in his history of the civil rights move … more →
Martin Luther King Jr's dream is dead; Racism in a post-racial America
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clancop wrote 10 months ago: I spent quite a bit of time studying Martin Luther King Jr, wrote a report about him in high school, … more →
Social Change with that Convenient Bus Trip
movingtarget wrote 10 months ago: As I watch all of the goings-on in D.C. (and curse myself for not being down there) I am, like the r … more →
MLK Jr.: Lessons in Leadership
Anthony David wrote 10 months ago: Tomorrow is a special day in the life of the nation. We celebrate the man who said, when civil right … more →
Rewriting History
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timvalentine wrote 11 months ago: I can think of many things in my past that I would love to rewrite. Perhaps never buying a Hyundia a … more →
Rosa Parks From This Day In History
stufffromthelab wrote 12 months ago: December 1, 1955 Rosa Parks ignites bus boycot In Montgomery, Alabama, Rosa Parks is jailed for refu … more →
PDX Civil Rights Project
willbe1960 wrote 1 year ago: Hi Will, I wanted to let you know that the first set of interviews and documentaries from my Portlan … more →
Central City Concern, a.k.a Central City Control
willbe1960 wrote 1 year ago: Will Bennett is now back in association with the committee…. peace will b. (~_~)(~_~)(~_~)(~_~ … more →
Normalcy Never Again
timvalentine wrote 1 year ago: I write this as evidence of my belief that it only takes one person to change the world. It’s apart … more →
The "Negro Question" and Oregon Politics
willbe1960 wrote 1 year ago: From Oregon State Archives The “Negro Question” and Oregon Politics An exhibit by the Or … more →
The death of Emmett Till
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Nicholas DiGiovanni wrote 1 year ago: Friend and fellow writer Chuck Pizar offers this comment on “A look of agony,” the lates … more →
Albina's Story
willbe1960 wrote 1 year ago: From the Urban League of Portland/Events Annual Meeting on June 17th, 2008If you have ever wondered … more →
