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lanuaiy s. 2005__________________________________________ i,îl JJortlanb (©bseruer Page A7 L aw & J ustice Civil Rights Icon Dead at 80 Shirley Chisholm was champion o f women, minorities (A P )— Shirley Chisholm, an advocate for minority rights who became the first black woman elected to Congress and later the first black person to seek a major party’s nomination for the U.S. presidency, has died. The Rev. Jesse Jackson called her a “woman of great courage.” Chisholm, who took her seat in the U.S. House in 1969, was a riveting speaker who often criticized Congress as being too clubby and unresponsive. An outspoken champion of women and minorities during seven terms in the House, she also was a staunch critic o f the Vietnam War. She had been in declining health since suffering a series o f small strokes last summer and died Saturday at age 80. Chisholm ran for the Democratic presi dential nomination in 1972, a campaign that was viewed as more symbolic than practical. She won 152 delegates before withdrawing from the race. “1 ran for the presidency, despite hope less odds, to demonstrate the sheer will and refusal to accept the status quo,” Chisholm said in her book “The Good Fight.” "The next time a woman runs, or a black, a Jew or anyone from a group that the country is ‘not ready’ to elect to its highest office, I believe that he or she will be taken seriously from the start.” Chisholm represented New Y o rk 's Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn and served until retiring in 1983. She also was a founding member o f the Congres sional Black Caucus. “She was an activist and she never stopped fighting,” Jackson told The A s sociated Press from Ohio. “She refused to accept the ordinary, and she had high expectations for herself and all people around her.” In h e r b o o k , “ U n b o u g h t and Unbossed," she recounted the campaign that brought her to Congress and wrote of her concerns about that body: "O ur representative democracy is not working because the Congress that is supposed to represent the voters dries not respond to their needs. I believe the chief reason for this is that it is ruled by a small group o f old men.” Once discussing what her legacy might be, Shirley Chisholm commented, "I’d like them to say that Shirley Chisholm had guts. T hat’s how I’d like to be remem bered.” Democrat Shirley Chisholm of New York takes her oath of office on Jan. 3, 1969 in Washington, D.C. She was the first black woman to serve in the House o f Representatives. (AP photo) CRIME STOPPERS — Max Station Robber At Lnrge ■■ I I HB I ■ WUF (5 0 3 ) 823-HELP 111 S.W. 2nd Avenue, Portland, Oregon 9 7 2 0 4 Shooting Suspect Sought A police drawing depicts a suspect in a recent shooting. T he P ortland P o lice, in c o o p e ra tio n w ith C rim e S to p p ers, w ould like y o u r help id e n tify ing and ca p tu rin g a su sp e ct in a rec en t sh o o tin g . On Nov. 19, at about 8 p.m., a man knocked on the front door o f a house in the 39(X)block North Kerby Avenue. When a 15-year-old male answered the door the suspect fired multiple shots from a handgun strik ing him in the upper chest. The suspect ran off. The victim sur vived. T he su sp e ct is d e sc rib e d as a b lack m ale b etw een 19 and 25 y ea rs old, 5 fee t 8 in ch es to 6 fee t 1 inch, w eig h in g a p p ro x i m ately 200 p o u n d s. He has a sh o rt A fro w hich is d escrib ed as u n k e m p t w ith p a tc h e s o f scalp sh o w in g . He had patchy fac ial h air e x te n d in g from the sid e o f his face, and on his u p per lip and ch in . T h e su sp ect has c ro o k e d b o tto m teeth w ith sp aces b etw een th em . He m ay h av e a p ie rc ed left ear. At the tim e o f the sh o o tin g he was w ea rin g a baby b lu e h o oded sw e a tsh irt w ith a zip p e r front and b lack p ants. P o lice said the su sp e ct in this c a s e s h o u ld b e c o n s id e r e d arm e d an d d a n g e ro u s and sh o u ld not be ap p ro a ch ed . T h The e P o Portland rtla n d Polir«» on- Police, in in r o coop eration with Crime Stoppers, would like your help finding Navarro R o d rig u ez-L o p ez, 22,* a man wanted for robbery in connection with an O ctober robbery at the 6O'h T h The e n r accomplice r n m n l ir e huKnl v heen h o c to ll n n d e has rend already been io is 5 5 feet A 6 i n e inches tall, 1 150 n o pounds arrested. Police now want to find with brown hair and brown eyes. Rodriguez-Lopez, a Hispanic man He has a tattoo on his back. He who once lived in the areao f South should be considered armed and east 162 Avenue and Burnside. He dangerous. o u e if 421 SW 6,h Ave located Navarro Rodriguez- Lopez Avenue Max transit station. It w as about 8 p.m . when Rodriguez-Lopez and an accom plice followed their victim as he exited the Max train. They ap proached the victim from behind and took money and property at gunpoint. 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Passage of the resolution adds Multnomah County to the list of more than 360jurisdictions nation wide, including Portland and Eu gene, that have weighed in against the federal law. The Patriot act, signed into law wi thi n weeks of the carnage of Sept. 11, 2001, grants broad powers to local and federal law enforcement officers to fight potential terrorism. Supporters o f the county’s reso lution have focused on a provision o f the Patriot Act which lets federal agents have complete access to the records o f library cardholders, in cluding books checked out and Web sites visited. Those opposed to the sweeping powers o f the act include Kayse Rev. Leroy Haynes Jama, founder o f the Community Language and Culture Bank, a group headquartered in northeast Portland. Jama compared U.S. policies with the persecution by governm ent agents in his native Somalia. Rev. Leroy Haynes o f the Allen Temple CM E Church and Albina Ministerial Alliance com pared the federal powers to America in 1960s when covert FBI investigations l<x)ked into the leaders o f the civil rights movement. The Patriot Act today has a “chilling effect” on religious ex pression in the local Muslim com munity, said Emily Simon of the Jewish Arab Muslim Dialog group. Com missioner Lonnie Roberts, the lone board member to vote against the resolution, agreed that parts o f the Patriot Act may im pinge on civil rights. Still, Roberts said he didn't want to se c o n d -g u e s s th e fe d e ra l governm ent's attempts to prevent further acts of terrorism on U.S. soil. Cori Stewart-OwnerSnell-Designer 20 N.E. 14,h Avenue Portland, Oregon 97232 (503) 232-4111 The Pre-arrangement Concept D eny se O. 'Peterson Dear Family Member: Denyse Peterson represents funeral homes and cemeteries in the Portland Metro politan area. 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Bi II G ary, president o f the North Brevard branch o f the N ational (A P) — The N A A C P is asking A ssociation for the A dvancem ent Florida officials to reopen an in o f C olored People, said techno vestigation into the deaths o f two logical advances, such as DNA civil rights activists w ho were evidence, may aid a new investi killed by an explosion beneath gation. “W e believe that the FBI had their M elbourne, Fla. hom e on evidence at that tim e, but decided C hristm as Day 1951. Harry and Harriette Moore were to quash the investigation for the African Americans who registered sake o f the S o u th ’s tranquility," Civil rights activists died in suspicious blast G ary said. He said the co u p le’s daughter, E vangeline M oore, has decided to pursue ju stice m ore aggres sively. 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