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JUNE 24, 1998
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JUNETEENTH
Going Street Celebration; Mrs. Ida Jones, Mrs. Audrey Haynes and
Mrs. O.B. Williams
Walnut Park Celebration; The Hot Shot Dancers. L R Carl, Bethany
and Lloyd.
Julious Evans and Arnold Pitre o f OAME.
Bethel Church Celebration; Remembering Our Ancestors Passage
Over
Going Street Celebration; James Broadous, Willie Storey and Rudy
Callier
Elbert Montgomery, Jr
Friends were invited to attend the funeral of Elbert
Montgomery, Jr. on Friday, June 19, 1998.
Elbert was bom on Deeember 7, 1907 in Ore City,
Texas to the late Elbert Montgomery, Sr. and Pearl
Mitchell Montgomery.
He attended public school in Ore City. At an early age,
he joined the United Methodist Church. He met and
married Dovie Bradford in the early 1930’s. In the later
years o f his life, he met and married Addie Turner.
Addie passed away on May 23, 1984. He moved to
Portland in 1944 from Longview, Texas and he first
worked in the shipyards during WW II. After the war, he
was a laborer in construction in the Portland area. He
retired in 1971.
He was member o f Local #296 of the Laborers Union
and Mr. Zion Church o f God in Christ.
Survivors include:
Merendy White Daughter Gilmer, Texas
Delono Dean Thompson Son Port land,Oregon
Willie Lee Jones Stepson Portland, Oregon
Oddis Wesley Grandson Dallas, Texas
Rodger McKnight Grandson McKinney, Texas
In Loving Memory o f
CJnteociucincj.,,
Charles Ray Alexander
M a r a n u ih ti
C h u rch o f G o d
Charles Ray Alexander passed away o f liver failure
June 10, 1998 in Portland, Oregon. Mr. Alexander was
born July 5, 1950 in Paris, Texas. Services for Mr.
Alexander were held on Monday, June 15, 1998 at the
Rose City Funeral Home. His survivors include:
Lavell Alexander, Son Portland, Oregon
Sonya Alexander, Daughter Portland, Oregon
Tonya Alexander, Daughter Portland, Oregon
Julia Alexander, Mother Portland, Oregon
Dora Alexander, Sister Portland, Oregon
Homerzella Hart, Sister Sacramento, California
Donna Brown, Sister Portland, Oregon
Gloria Boyd, Sister Salinas, California
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Civil Rights Journal
People Of Color and Disabilities
C ontinued F rom E ditorial
A few days ago. I received a
note from a woman in a wheel
chair who was attending that
mooting and who shared her own
sim ilar experiences today. O f
ten she has to get a friend or
colleague to stand with her at
the bus top to ensure that the
bus w ill stop for her. It's illegal,
but it still happens.
Not su rp risin gly, that d is
crim ination against people o f
color is evident in the job mar
ket. About h alf o f w orking age
Am ericans with disabilities arc
employed and only one-fourth
with severe disabilities hold a
job. People o f color with d is
abilities face double or triple
jeopardy when it comes to em
ployment. Alm ost three-fourths
o f A frican Am ericans and more
than half o f H ispanics with d is
ab ilities are unem ployed. The
tragedy is that most disabled
people ar capable o f working.
In addition, people o f color
with disabilities are less likely to
receive rehabilitation services and
educational opportunities are less
available and affordable to them
Inadequate transportation and
housing for people with d isa b ili
ties in disadvantaged comm uni
ties is limited at best. There are
fewer mentors and role models
for people o f color with d isa b ili
ties and mainstream job coach
ing. on-the-job training and in
ternships are less frequently avail
able to them Fin ally, some o f the
organizations designing programs
for the employment o f persons
with disabilities do not clearly
understand the cultural d iffe r
ences in communities o f color
and thus, have not done the best
job in serving people o f color.
We can make people with dis
abilities visible in our workplaces,
in our educational institutions, in
our churches and in our commu
nities. We can advocate for them,
we can hire them, we can make
sure they are represented at our
national meetings, our job fairs,
our training programs.
(Note: for more information
contact the President’s Com m it
tee on Employment o f People
with D isa b ilitie s’ Cultural D i
versity Initiative, (202) 376-
6200 or (20?) 376-6205 (T D D )
or the Howard University Re
search and T ra in in g Center,
2900 Van Ness St.. NW . Wash
ington. D C 20008, (202) 806-
8086 or (202) 22 4-7628(TD D ).
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Adrienne Weller candidate for District 18 - Portland.
(All Photos By M. Washington)
T. Allen Bethel
Senior Pastor
Schedule Of Services:
Sunday
9:1,5am - Sunday School
10:30am - Worship Celebration
11:00am - C hildren’s Church
6:00pm - Evening Worship
Wednesday
7:00pm - Prayer and Bible Study
Friday 12:00 noon - Prayer
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Portland, OR 97211
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