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n e ig h b o r h o o d fo r in d u s t r ia l,
com m ercial and institutional uses.
D espite neighborhood requests for
housing assistance, city officials
continued to ignore this opposition.
I n the end the m assive land clearance
razed 188 houses in the area between
R u s s e ll a n d C o o k , w e s t o f
V ancouver A venue. Residents were
required to m ove w ithin ninety days.
H om eow ners w ere com pensated for
the value o f their hom e and given
u p to $ 1 5 ,0 0 0 in r e lo c a tio n
com pensation. R enters received up
to
$ 4 ,0 0 0
in
r e lo c a tio n
com pensation. W hen theexpansion
plan cam e to a halt because o f
federal budget cuts, m any o f the
displaced residents w ere bew ildered
and felt cheated.
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for Fashion
D aym ond John (CEO) creates a
facto ry in h is m o th e r’s H ollis,
Q ueens (in N ew Y ork) hom e and is
jo in e d by neighbors J. A lexander
M artin (d esig n e r), K eith Perrin
(m an ag ero f celebrity relations), and
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Carl Brow n (m anager o f licensees)
in developing FU B U (For Us, By
Us), a line o f clothing by and for
young urban men. T he fashion line
is endorsed by a form er neighbor,
rap star LL Cool J, w ho appears in
the c o m p a n y ’s first ad v ertisin g
c a m p a ig n in 1 9 9 3 , A s th e
com pany’s gross sales escalate from
$40 m illion in 1997 to $350 m illion
in 1998, FUBU begins to explore
reaching a broader constituency by
producing m ore m ainstream styles
- everything from backpacks to
m en’s suits.
For G um bel, Bryant
By T he St homblrc CtMIEB
B om in N ew O rleans and raised in
C hicago, G um bel graduated from
Bates C ollege in Lew iston, Maine.
H e th e n jo in e d B la c k S p o r ts
m agazine as a freelance w riter,
quickly m oving up to sta ff w riter an
th e n e d ito r -in - c h ie f . In 1972,
G u m b e l b e c a m e th e w e e k e n d
sp o rtsc a ste r fo r K N B C in L os
A ngeles; before long he w as the
station’s weeknight sportscaster and
finally sports director. He jo in ed
N BC in 1975 as a sports announcer,
and in 1982 he becam e the first
African A m erican cohost o fa m a jo r
television new s show . The Today
Show. G um bel rem ained a fixture
on N BC ’ s popular m orning program
until 1996, w hen he left to pursue
i£he ijporibnxi* ©baertw
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other interests. In 1997, G um bel
signed a five-year contract w ith CBS
to w ork on a variety o f projects,
which included hosting the TV news
m agazine P ublic Eye. H is brother
G reg has also enjoyed a successful
career as a sports announcer w ith
ESPN and NBC.
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for H eavyw eight C ham p
By J am s A dams
R eaders o f L IF E M A G A Z IN E ’S
m id-February 1963 issue w ere in
for a treat as pugilist-poet C assius
Clay (M uham m ad Ali) m odestly
declared, “ I Am T he G reatest” :
T his is a story about a man
With iron fists and a b eautiful tan.
H e talks a lot a n d he boasts indeed
O f a p o w erfu l p unch a n d blinding
speed.
The fig h t g a m e was dying
A n d Prom oters were crying
F o r som eone to com e along
With a new a n d different song.
Patterson was dull, q u iet a n d sad,
A n d Sonny Liston was ju s t as bad.
Then a lo n g ca m e a k id n a m ed
Cassius Clay,
Who said, “Liston, I ’ll take y o u r
title a w a y ."
This colorful fig h te r is som ething
to see
,A n d h e a v y w e ig h t c h a m p h e 's
M em bers o f the A lbina N eighborhood Cleanup. A p p lyin g nationally
a ccepted p la n n in g principles, P o rtla n d 's p ro fessio n a l p la n n ers view ed
older inner c ity neighborhoods like A lbina as “b lig h ted areas that no
longer se rve d th eir o riginal p u rp o ses as sto p o ver neighborhoods (staging
n r p n s f o r m i n n r i t v e t h n i c new com ers to the citv).
certain to be.
You g e t th e im p r e s s io n w h ile
w atching him fig h t
That he p la y s ca t a n d m ouse, then
turns o ut the light.
W hat a fru stra tin g fe e lin g / m sure
it m ust be,
To be hit b y blow s y o u c a n 't even
see.
W here was he fir s t? W here w as he
last?
I m sure his opponents have tried
their best.
B ut on e b y one on the canvas they
rest.
E v e r y o n e k n e w w h e n C a ssiu s
wasn "t around,
F o r quietness d escen d ed on the
town.
I f C lay says a m osquito can p u ll a
p lo w ,D o n 't ask him how - H itch
him up!
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for Inner C ity N eighborhoods
By P o r i land B lrlal w P l . w i > c
U n til
th e
Celebrate Black History Month
Xvith the students, faculty, staff anti alumni
of Oregon's public universities.,
Check campus Web sites for information
on scheduled events and activities:
Oregon University System
In 1954, th e N A A C P strategy to en d segregation d id cha n g e o u r w orld
with the Brow n v. Board o f E ducation o f T opeka Suprem e C ourt
victory. The c o u rt's unanim ous decision deseg reg a ted schools,
Officially u shered in the C ivil R ights era. a n d brought to g lo b a l
prom inence th e N A A C P L egal D efense F u n d 's (LD F) lea d attorney
a n d future first A frican A m erican Justice o f the S uprem e Court.
Thurgood M arshall
Eastern O regon U niversity w w w .eou.edu
O regon Institute o f Technology w w w .oit.edu
O regon State U niversity w w w .osu.orst.edu
Portland State U niversity w w w .pdx.edu
Southern O regon U niversity w w w .sou.edu
U niversity o f O regon w w w .oregon.uoregon.edu
W estern O regon U niversity w w w .w ou.edu
O regon H ealth Sciences U niversity-affiliated w w w .ohsu.edu
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