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As big raindrops fell steady and hard on
the rooftop early on Friday, March 7,2003,
G od’s angel entered the house and carried
his caring spirit home. Charles Edward
Green was bom December 29, 1945 to
Woodrow and Carrie Mae Green in Warren,
Ark He was the third of nine children. In
1952, Woodrow Sr. moved his family to
Vernonia, Or. where they lived until they
moved to Portland in 1956. Green attended
Boise Grade School and graduated from
Jefferson High School in 1964. He attended Portland Community
College Sylvania briefly until he joined the Army, where he became a
Specialist 5 inCommunications. He worked for Qwest Communications
for 33 years, holding several different positions. His last position was
manager of Wireless Services.
He leaves behind his warm sense of humor and adoring family. Green
was preceded in death by his father, Woodrow Green Sr. His survivors
include his mother, Carrie Mae Green, Joan Marie Mann-Green, his wife
of 13 years; daughters Tamisha Lewis and Nia Fifita; granddaughters
Hevani, Valeti and Alilia Fifita and Mallory Lewis; brothers, Paul and
Woodrow Jr. Green; sisters, Marion Johnson, Ernestine Fuller, Julie,
Faye, Carrie Mae and Betty Jo Green.
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A funeral will be at 11 am . Thursday, March 13,2003, in Mount Olivet
Baptist Church in Portland for Marie Holiday, who died March 9 at age
86. Marie Shepherd was bom June 17,1916, in Dallas, Texas, and grew
up in Portland. She was a retired domestic worker. In 1982, she married
Otho. Survivors include her husband; sons, Charles Burks and James
E. Burks; stepson, Marvin; daughter, Betty Ivory; stepdaughter, Marlene
Tapowey; nine grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren.
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ebrate 70 years o f marriage on
March 24.
The couple moved to Portland
from Wilmot, Ark. after 15 years of
marriage. They have six children
and 116 grandchildren, including
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When asked how they made their
marriage last this long. George said
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at Portland State University to in
form, describe and discuss what
reparations means now and what it
could mean in the future.
Hill said the issue is rising
through an intense informational
phase through which governments
and individuals, communities and
churches can find out what this
issue means to them and what it has
in store for their children.
“Enslavement of African people
had an im pact throughout the
world," Hill said. “They worked for
centuries without compensation yet
theircapturers benefited financially.
Once you can agree on this you can
begin to move forward.”
It’s hard to disagree with Hill.
Historians say cheap labor put
America in a position to develop its
natural resources quickly and effi
ciently at bottom barrel prices. The
model of exploitation and efficiency
had few global equivalents.
“From the vantage point of the
people that were victimized, it’s a
monstrosity.” Hill said.
Hill invited professors, histori
ans, and artists to present informa
tion and enlighten several hundred
attendees that filtered through more
than two-dozen presentations.
Ex-marine, African holy man,
spiritualist and father, Oralumi
Ogunseye told (hose in attendance
how the culture of their forbearers
can provide them with an under
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“I’m reaching back to my cul
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gral part of a healing process that
could lead to greater destiny for
African Americans.
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o f the household. Oise said that it
was by working together and keep
ing the communication open. They
both agreed that managing money
well and keeping God first in their
lives helped them through hard
times.
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George and Oise Carney are celebrating 70 years o f marriage
this month. The couple credit their successful union to good
money management skills and keeping God as a priority in their
lives.
A man by the name o f Osondu
listens to the discussion during
a three-day conference on the
issue o f reparations for African
Americans at Portland State
University.
selves as a people in a restoration
phase,” he said.
In the meantime, Ogunseye is
establishing cultural connections
in Africa and encouraging others
to do the same.
He said the connection between
generations has been breached
through systematic exploitation and
appropriation of African American
culture and music. He said the road
ahead is long but the reward is sweet.
“This is going to be quite a
struggle,” he said. "Reparations is
not the end all and be all off itself.”
Jamal Farr (Jace) of music group
the Silent Lamb Project followed
Ogunseye to tell the younger gen
eration of their own responsibili
ties and the power of music to bridge
the ancestral divide.
"We should be using music to
teach," he said. “We have to stop
these tears and start moving for
ward for the next generation.”
Farr's mother gave him the book
Culture Bandits by Del Jones when
he was a teen. He said it opened his
eyes to how African American cul
ture has been kidnapped by corpo
rate America and used against
those who created it.
“What they're saying is - express
yourself only if you’re killing broth
ers, pimping sisters and destroying
your communities," he said.
Farr reminded those in atten
dance of hip-hop’s roots and it's
potential to open eyes and trans
form lives.
“Hip-hop came out o f a social,
economic and spiritual base,” he
said. “I’m trying to get back to
getting a message across.”
For now Hill is maintaining a
realistic perspective on where the
reparations movement has come
from and where it is going.