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Walk of Fame Founder Xernona Clayton stands with shoes o f 11
honorees that have helped the civil rights movement.
Civil Rights Walk of Fame
Leaders'
footsteps placed
in historic site
Those who have and are tak
ing the steps tow ard furthering
the civil rights movem ent are c e l
ebrated, quite literally, by having
their shoes em bedded into the
International Civil Rights Walk
of Fame.
Civil rights icons such as Presi
d e n t Jim m y C a r te r , J u s tic e
T hurgood M arshall and Rosa
Parks were featured last year when
the monument was created.
This year, another group of
foot soldiers w ho waged the fight
for equality and human dignity
will be added to this symbol of
ride and beacon of hope. The
2005 inductees are Henry Aaron,
Harry Belafonte, Congressm an
John C onyers Jr., Dick G regory,
M ayor M aynard H. Jackson Jr.,
Ralph E. McGill, The Rev. Fred L.
S h u ttle s w o rth , T ed T u rn e r,
Judge Elbert P. Tuttle Sr., Nancy
W ilson, and The Rev. Addie L.
W yatt.
The unveiling o f this perm a
nent tribute will take place on
Friday, Aug. 26 at the Martin
Luther King Jr. National Historic
Site in A tlanta, Ga.
The W alk o f Fame is the brain
c h ild o f X e rn o n a C la y to n ,
founder and executive producer
o f th e re n o w n e d T ru m p e t
Awards and a ci vil rights icon in
her own right.
"This is a lasting memorial to
those whose contributions were
testaments to the fact that human
progress is neither automatic nor
inevitable,” Clayton said.
Police Brutality Costs City
The Portland City Council
has agreed to pay $140,000 to
a 15-year-old girl whom city
police questioned and threw
to the ground while she waited
to catch a bus hom e from
school.
M aria-Jan eth R odriguez-
Sanchez, 15, was reading a
school paper when the inci
dent occurred in the city ’s Old
Town neighborhood on April
8,2003.
She claim ed in a federal
law suit that police violated
her rights by questioning and
detaining her w ithout rea
sonable suspicion, then as
saulting her w ithout ju s tifi
cation.
Police said the girl was act
ing suspiciously and they got
physical when she resisted
officers' attempts to open her
hand which they claimed was
in a fist.
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S um m er C oncerts
in Portland Parks
Made possible by The Freightliner Group
F u e iC H IL IN E Il
Washington Park
Summer Festival
photos by I saiah
Rap artist Rajime performs at the "Portland
Convergence, " across from the Jefferson High
School campus in north Portland. The festival
continues this weekend with 12 more entertainers
and speakers.
B ouie /T he P ortland O bserver
Evangelist David Girly leads in prayer at the “Portland Convergence, ” which
opened last weekend and continues this weekend on Northeast Alberta Street
across from the Jefferson High School. The convergence was set up by
community members to support the school and its neighborhoods with
motivational and religious speakers, musicians and activities. Admission is
free. For more nformation, visit www.portlandconvergence.com.
Downtown Shootings Arrests Made
(A P) —- A torrent of gunfire kil led
one man and injured another out
side a downtown Portland night
club early Monday, police said.
O fficers heard the shots and
discovered A drian Ramon Ali
Bible, 29, of Seattle on the ground.
He died while receiving m edical
a tte n tio n , sa id S g t. B ria n
Schm autz, the Portland police
spokesm an.
A short time later, a 17-year-old
shooting victim walked into Legacy
Emanuel Hospital with a leg wound.
As officers responded to the
shooting, they saw a van speeding
away without its lights on. The
three men in the van — 27-year-old
D eandros B row n, 25 -y ear-o ld
Lorenzo Jones
Corey Hudson
Corey Hudson, and 32-year-old
Lorenzo Jones — were arrested on
weapons charges. Officers found
tw ohandguns in the van, Schmautz.
said.
It was the fifth time in four months
Deandros Brown
that shots have been fired on a
weekend night in downtown Port
land.
Early Sunday, a man was arrested
after a shooting at 1:55 a.m. on the
corner of Southwest First Avenue
and Southwest Yamhill Street.
Nathan Leon Howard, 22, was
charged with attempted murder.
Police said he had a handgun in a
car with two other occupants, but
no victim was found.
Housing Discrimination Common Among Minorities
Study shows
inequality in
home loans
African Americans and women
are more likely than their w hite
counterparts to experience home
loan pricing disparities when ap
plying for a m ortgage loan, ac
cording to testim ony presented
at a hearing held by the C ongres
sional Black Caucus in W ashing
ton. R epresentatives from The
C enter for R esponsible Lending,
The N ational C om m unity R ein
vestm ent C oalition, The National
Urban League and ACO RN testi
fied at the hearing and reported
that w idespread d isp a ritie s in
pricing are persistent.
“D ata indicates a presence of
disparities in m ortgage lending
and we thought it critical to our
constituents to exam ine w ays in
which lending practices can and
do negatively im pact m inority
com m unities,” noted Rep. Melvin
Watt (D - N .C .), CBC chair. “Dis-
parities continue to separate A f
rican A m ericans from the fortune
and freedom that is afforded to
other A m ericans as their birth
right.”
C o lle c tin g Hom e M ortgage
D isclosure Act data is im portant
because it discourages financial
institutions from “redlining,” said
Cy R ichardson, vice president o f
econom ic developm ent and hous
in g fo r th e N a tio n a l U rb a n
League. A dditionally, he asked
that m ore attention be placed on
the natio n ’s affordable housing
crisis.
“The overwhelming amount of
data demonstrates that racial and
economic discrimination dim in
ishes the likelihood of enjoying the
benefits of home ownership along
racial and ethnic lines,” said Rep.
Maxine Waters (D - Calif.), ranking
member on the House Subcommit
tee on Housing and Community
O pportunity. “ Equal access to
home ownership is essential for
economic revitalization in histori
cally oppressed communities and
integral as the starting point for the
attainment of substantial wealth for
hundreds of American families."
Washington Park Amphitheatre Stage
6pm • FREE
July 30
Metro Dancers present Under a Summer Sky
(classical ballet modern dance, and musical theatre)
July 31
Dance Around the World
Aug. 1
Maggie's Choice (indie rock)
Aug. 2
Tall Jazz with Marilyn Keller
Aug. 3
Portland SummerFest presents The Telephone
featuring Katie Harman, Miss America 2002
Aug. 4
Mel Brown B3 Organ Quintet (groove jazz)
Aug. 5
Phillip Officer Let Yourself Go award-winning
New York cabaret from Cole Porter to Cyndi Lauper
Aug. 6
Song o f the Gingko remembering Hiroshima with
Chisao Hata (dance) & Portland Taiko (drums)
Aug. 7
Portland Festival Symphony with
Michael Allen Harrison, piano
Aug. 8
Aguamiel (salsa)
Aug. 9
Julianne R Johnson (R&B/gospel)
Aug. 10
The Buckles (classic country)
Aug 11
Music of the Middle East with Hossem Salehi &
ShabdvA and Ali Bourji Band (classical, folk & pop)
Aug. 12
Portland Festival Symphony with Obo Addy
M a n A s s a u lt e d o n M A X T r a in
Bicyclist beaten by crowd
Police believe a man beaten by 12 people on
a MAX train was attacked simply for keeping his
bike with him during the trip.
The violent episode occurred on June 9 about
11:20 p.m. after the victim got on the northbound
MAX Yellow line at the Rose Garden. There was
no room for the bike on the racks provided so he
kept it with him and stood near the train doors,
police said.
Witnesses said people near the man began to
harass him about having his bike near the door.
The harassment then turned to an assault as the
males and females began beating the man until he
fell to the train floor. As many as 12 people
continued to beat the man, sometimes standing
by watching and laughing, then kicking him
while he was down, police said. Many other
people stood by, watched, and appeared to do
nothing. The man was injured, but not seriously.
The suspects, all described as black males and
females o f unknown ages, got off the train at the
next stop, the Albina/Mississippi Station, and
left on foot in an unknown direction.
One male was wearing a red Saint Louis Car
dinal baseball cap backwards, with a black short
sleeve shirt, and sagging red pants. Another
male had short hair and was wearing a black and
red Chicago Bulls jacket and a red shirt.
Crime Stoppers is offering a cash reward of up
to $ I .(MX) for information that leads to an arrest in
this case, or any unsolved felony. All calls may
remain anonymous at 503-823- 4357.
One o f 12 people suspected in the
assault o f a Max passenger with a
bicycle is shown in this surveillance
video released by the Portland Police
Bureau.
Aug. 13 Woody Hite Big Band with Valerie Day ( 40s swing)
Aug. 14
Portland Festival Symphony with 3 le g Torso
Aug. 15
Portland SummerFest presents The E lixir o f
Love (L'e lisir d'amore)
Aug. 16
Painted Sky presents Native American Music &
Dance (contemporary & traditional)
CUBA achd (bring your dancing shoes)
9pm - Sneak preview of Edens Lost & Found
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communities
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