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After a year of Portland protests, activists see no end in sight

When Margaret Carter reflects on police, she remembers the 1970s, when officers in North Portland planted marijuana in people’s cars and arrested them. Since then, said Carter the first Black woman elected to the Oregon Legislature little has changed to restore trust between Black Portlanders and police officers. And continued police killings of Black Americans have only exacerbated these .

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Hurdles for Black, Latino candidates leave some Portland-area school boards whiter than districts they govern

Hurdles for Black, Latino candidates leave some Portland-area school boards whiter than districts they govern
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Portland will build new homes, apartments, business incubator designed to benefit Black Portlanders

Portland will build new homes, apartments, business incubator designed to benefit Black Portlanders Updated Jan 06, 2021; Posted Jan 06, 2021 North Williams Avenue and Russell Street (pictured) was once the commercial center for Black residents in Portland. (File photo) Facebook Share The Portland City Council unanimously approved a plan Wednesday to pump millions of dollars into affordable housing and economic redevelopment that proponents hope will benefit families displaced from Portland’s historic Black neighborhoods. Despite some concerns that the measure will fail to fully remedy decades of racist anti-Black policies, the mayor and the city’s four commissioners two of whom are Black said it was a significant step toward righting those wrongs.

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