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Myrtle Carr was a “lady” in the greatest sense of the word. A woman of distinction. In just a few minutes of conversation, you would discover that she was as compassionate as she was intelligent. She was socially conscious and was a scholar in civil rights history and law. In a word, she was “sharp.” Myrtle Carr served as executive secretary for two legendary directors of The Urban League of Portland: Bill Berry and E. Shelton Hill. Both made historic and permanent changes in the landscape of employment opportunities in a racially insensitive Portland of the 1950s and 1960s.
It was certainly the year when we became aware of the campaign for Black Lives Matter, which had such a meaningful impact all over the globe. A cruel killing of a black man in Minnesota sparked demonstrations in places that had no connection with the American Midwest: sportsmen in many countries felt moved to take a knee in solidarity.
And perhaps the BLM movement prompted the English writer and presenter of the BBC s Great Lives series, Matthew Parris, to include St Martin de Porres in a collection about legendary individuals whose lives have significance for people today, whether religious or not.
It was certainly the year when we became aware of the campaign for Black Lives Matter, which had such a meaningful impact all over the globe. A cruel killing of a black man in Minnesota sparked demonstrations in places that had no connection with the American Midwest: sportsmen in many countries felt moved to “take a knee” in solidarity.
And perhaps the BLM movement prompted the English writer and presenter of the BBC’s
Great Lives series, Matthew Parris, to include St Martin de Porres in a collection about legendary individuals whose lives have significance for people today, whether religious or not.