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Juneteenth
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O rg a n iz e rs o f P o rtla n d ’s in honor o f A frican A m erican
Juneteenth Celebration gathered at culture and achievem ent.
Portland’s celebration begins
Yam Y am ’s Restaurant recently to
organize what’s known as African this year on Friday, June 17 at 5 p.m.
in the parking lot of Yam Yam’s on
American Independence Day.
T he c e le b ra tio n o rig in a te d Northeast Martin Luther King Jr.
from G alveston, Texas, where on Boulevard, with an introduction and
June 19,1865, word o f Em ancipa­ history o f Juneteenth.
On Saturday, June 18, an after­
tion P roclam ation reached the
enslaved. Even 140 years later, noon parade with musical enter­
the event is em braced and cel­ tainment and a feast will take place
ebrated by all races and ethnicities at Yam Y am ’s. Suggested donation
is $3 adults, $2 children. On Sun­
day, June 19 the celebration will
conclude with choir gospel music.
Donations are welcomed.
T he W om en o f S u ccessfu l
C h o ic e s, a c o m m u n ity -b a se d
women’s club, along with other vol­
unteers, will be organizing all the
events.
To volunteer or for more infor­
mation, call Kandie Berry at 503-
209-6850.
Top Blues Entertainer Again
(A P) - B.B. King was named
entertainer o f the year for the
seventh tim e in a row at the W .C.
Handy A wards, given out T hurs­
day by the Blues Foundation o f
M em phs.
M avis S ta p le s and C h arlie
M u sse lw h ite each won th ree
aw ards at the 26th annual awards.
Staples won best album for “Have
a L ittle F aith,” w hich also won
soul album , and she was named
to p
fe m a le
so u l
a r tis t.
M usselw hite won for best c o n ­
tem porary male artist and best
harm onica player, and his “Sanc­
tuary” album won the award for
contem porary album .
Blues guitarist B.B. King was named entertainer or tne year ror rne
M usselw hite said the blues is
seventh time in a row by the Blues Foundation of Memphis. (AP photo)
a reflection o f life.
“It’s music played from the
h eart,” he said. “ It celeb rates
Would you like to ovu your ovu homed
good tim es and gets you through
the bad. I call it my com forter.”
Would YOU /ike to refinetnee your current
T he H olm es B rothers w ere
home, to lover your monthly /u/ymentsd
nam ed top band, S taples’ “Have
a Little Faith” won top song for
■ Good C redit ■ Bad C redit ■ M ortgage I,ate o.k.
writers Jim Tullio and Jim Weider,
and John Lee H ooker Jr. won as
■R efinance ■Purchase
■ First-l ime Buyer
best new artist.
T h e aw ards are nam ed for
b lu es p io n eer W .C. H andy, a
b a n d le a d e r w ho p erform ed in
M em phis clu b s alo n g the c ity ’s
fam o u s Beale S treet in the early
I f I run tin it - N O B O D Y C A N !
1900s, is c re d ite d w ith being
the first m u sician to put blues
m usic into w ritten form . B efore
th a t, the d istin c tiv e A m erican
Charlotte M artin
m u sic th a t s p ra n g fro m th e
222 N.E. Park Plaza Dr. Suite 115
son g s o f p o o r black resid en ts
Va neun v er, WA 98684
o f th e M ississip p i R iver D elta
w as p assed alo n g from one a rt­
SO U R C E
ist to ano th er.
Benjamin ‘Flooney’ Hardy Jr. and other authors will celebrate
local poetry at Talking Drum Bookstore and Reflections Coffee
House, 446 N.E. Killingsworth.
Celebrating Local Poetry
A release party for An A n­
thropology o f Pacific Northwest
Poetry, Prose and A rt will be
held at the Talking Drum Book­
sto re & R e fle c tio n s C o ffe e
House on 446 NE K illingsw orth
on Saturday May 28 at 7 p.m
C ontributors from the book
range in age from 12 to 86 years
and included m em bers o f many
religions and races.
The book also includes a piece
by O re g o n ia n c o lu m n ist S.
Renee M itchell.
Your Care
“The purpose of this anthol-
ogy is to provide a show case for
the d iv e rsity o f the P acific
Northwest, sayseditor Benjamin
“Flooney” Hardy Jr.
Hardy collected m aterial for
the book for over four years.
“W hether am ateur or profes­
sional, they all contribute to the
richness o f our special part of
the w orld.”
T his an th o lo g y can be o r­
d e r e d on th e w e b s ite at
w w w .trafford.com
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