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community planners ignored inner
city areas as viable residential areas.
Instead they tried to concentrate
high-intensity uses and interstate
highw ay system s in inner-city
neighborhoods in order to isolate
and protect the highlands and the
automobile suburbs. Very poor, but
vibrant, inner-city com m unities
located w ith in th re e m iles o f
d o w n to w n
P o rtla n d
w ere
considered to be beyond salvage.
These “unsalvagable” areas were
targeted for massive land clearance
that resulted in destroying viable
neig h b o rh o o d s and d isp lacin g
residents.
Many planners felt that these areas
would better serve institutional and
fringe commercial uses as the city
grew and demanded space for its
central functions. Land in Portland
inner city areas was in demand for
use by a growing downtown office
district, by light indu stry , for
warehousing, highway development
and by expanding institutions such
as Emanuel Hospital, Portland State.
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for Jordan, Michael
B y T he S chomblrg C enter
Generally regarded as the greatest
b asketb all p lay er o f all tim e,
M ichael Jo rd an first cam e to
national attention at the University
ofN orth Carolina, when he won the
1982 NCAA tournament for the
Tar Heels with a last-second jump
shot. He joined the Chicago Bulls
fo r th e 1 9 8 4 -1 9 8 5 se a so n ,
electrifying fans with his soaring
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dunks and becoming the N BA ’s
Rookie o f the Year. By the end o f
the 1997-98 season, Jordan had led
his team to six NBA championships
and won five MVP Awards and ten
scoring titles. He has also achieved
an international celebrity status
rarely paralleled in athletic history.
for
February 16, 2000
brought him international acclaim.
Lee then founded 40 Acres and a
Mule Filmworks, based in the Fort
Greene section o f Brooklyn, and he
created 10 feature films in as many
y e a rs, including he c ritic a lly
acclaimed Do The Right Thing
(1989) and Malcolm X (1992). At
the same time, he has served as an
executive producer; directed dozens
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o f m usic v id e o s and m ade
commercials for Nike and other
companies.
for Motown Sound
B y T he S chomblrg C lnter
The 1960s style popularized by
Korean
Conflict (1950-1953)
B y T hy S thomburc C enter
In July 1948, President
H arry T ru m an issu ed
Executive Order No. 9981,
d ire c tin g th at th ere be
“equality o f treatment or
opportunity” in the armed
forces, and in 1949 the
serv ices began m oving
g ra d u a lly
to w a rd
integration. The Army was
s till se g re g a te d at the
outbreak o f hostilities in
Korea, but by the end o f
1951, 30 percent o f U.S.
troops in the field were
serving in integrated units.
By the end o f fighting in
1953, that proportion had
risen to 95 percent. Pockets
o f segregation survived
o n ly
am ong
tro o p s
stationed in Europe and the
United States. In the course
o f the K orean conflict,
3,123 African Americans
w e re e ith e r k ille d or
wounded.
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south to attend Morehouse College,
where he earned a B.A. He then
earned an M.F. A. in film production
at New York University’s Tisch
School o f the Arts. Lee created a
new era in black cinema with his
independently produced comedy,
She's Gotta Have It ( 1986), which
earned the Prix de Jeunesse Award
at the Cannes Film Festival and
s -
for Lee, Spike
Bom in Atlanta and raised
in Brooklyn, Lee returned
Tenth Annual
C ascade Festivai
of African Films
In celebration of Black History Month
Portland Community College
Cascade Campus
Terrell Hall, Room 122
70S N. Killingsworth
Free parking in campus lots \
February 4-
March 4
Thursdays at noon
Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 p.m
Opening Night—Friday,
February 4 at 7:30 p.m.
Heritage Africa with Director Kwaw P. Ansah
from Ghana
Music by Obo Addy and Okropong
at Jefferson High School Auditorium
For more information,
call S03-244-6I I I,e x t. 3630
With the emergence o f the Motown phenomenon and the Memphis
soul sound during the 1960s, it was once again possible to
distinguish a uniquely African American music style by calling
it R&B One o f the mainstays o f the Motown sound. Marvin
Gaye, maintained his popularity over three decades.
This Portland Community College event is made possible through
the generous support o f the Regional Arts and Culture Council,
the Oregon Council for the Humanities, the Oregon Arts
Commission and McMenamins Kennedy School.
Portland
Community
College