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February 22. 2006
BLACK HISTORY MONTH and the American Experience
Grant Opens Doors to Author on Race
Will discuss
book ‘Post
Traumatic Slave
Syndrome’
Be,a leader.
PHIL WALDEN Respected teacher, coach and youth advocate tor the past 50 years
BERNIE & BOBBIE FOSTER Instrum ental team in re-nam ing the former Union Ave to Martin Luther King Blyd
KELCI RAE FLOWERS First African Am erican selected as Miss Teen Oiegon
OLAREMISOBOMEHIN Accomplished local student accepted into Stanford University Biophysics program
DR LARRY GRIGGS & LAVERN WOODS Leading the Educational Opportunities Program at OSU supporting m inorities
MICHAEL HARPER Revered fa m ily man, businessman, coach, m otivational speaker, volunteer and form er Trail Blazer
REAP, Inc. and Grant High
School invite the community to
celebrate Black History Month
with a public speaking engage
ment by Dr. Joy Leary, a local
expert on matters of race, cul
ture and education.
Leary, an assistant professor
of social work at Portland Uni
versity, will reference her re
cently published book “ Post
Traumatic Slave Syndrome," and
discuss other topics, at Grant, on
of race, culture and education.
She is the author of relationship-
based models for both education
and management, and has also
developed the African American
M ale Youth R espect Scale.
Among her numerous presenta
tions, she has been a speaker for
the U.N. Conference on Race in
Barbados, the National Associa
tion of Social Workers Annual
C onference and the Essence
Women of Leadership Summit.
Dr. Leary’s presentation is
sponsored by REAP. Inc., Reach
Dr. Joy Leary
ing And Empowering All People
Friday, Feb. 24 from 10:43 a m. and Grant High School, 2245
to 11:37 a.m., followed by a N.E. 36lh Ave. For more infor
book signing ending at 12:19 p.m. mation,call Kandy Whitley-White
Leary is a renowned lecturer, at 503-341-6161 or em ail at
author and educator on matters reapinc@ m sn.com .
Celebrating local African American leaders
blazing new trails in our community.
Civil rights lawyer Constance Baker Motley (right) with Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and his wife
Coretta Scott King.
A Great Defender of Civil Rights
tra ilb la z e rs.c o m
Law degree propels Constance Baker Motley
by
H er energy is
h v
impressive
R on W eber
After being run o ff a beach
because o f her black skin, 15-
year-old C onstance Baker went
home and cried. That day, she
vowed fight for the rights of
black people and others o f color.
Bom in 1921, Motley was the
ninth o f 12 children, but her
parents o f m eager means were
som ehow able to send her to
college.
She soared through Fisk Uni
versity, a black college, and
graduated from New York U ni
versity in 1943. She earned a
law degree from the prestigious
C olum bia Law School in 1946.
Motley becam e a law clerk
for the New Haven NAACP, a
chapter that was founded by
her m other years earlier. She
hoped to see that al 1 her m other's
hard work did not go to waste.
H ere, she m et and w orked
Thurgood M arshal, the future
Supreme Court Justice and icon
attorney o f the Civil Rights move
ment.
Only four years into her law
career. Motley wrote the origi
nal coinplaint and other briefs in
the famous Brown v. Board of
Education case, helping to end
school segregation. Most o f her
work involved education and
segregation issues, winning nine
out o f the 10 cases she took to
the Supreme Court.
She argued the M eredith v.
F a ir c a se, a llo w in g Ja m e s
Meredith to be the first black
student accepted into the Uni-
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Community leader. Pacific Power
representative. TV personality. In
the public eye and behind the
scenes, G eneva Jones’s w o rk is
m aking O rego n a b e tte r place.
For her dedication,
Pacific Power is honoring this
tireless retiree w’ith the first annual
Geneva Jones Community Spirit
Award. Pacific Power's charitable
arm, the PacifiCorp Foundation for
Learning, will make contributions
at her request to Portland Police
Sunshine Division and the White
Rose Education Fund.
Geneva was the high-profile face
of Pacific Power for years as "Polly
Pacific" and as a member of our
Community Relations Department. Many
will also remember her from nearly 30 years of cooking
expertise on local television She touched the lives of others through her
efforts to empower African-American women and entrepreneurs.
Today, Geneva continues her service to the community as a board
member of the Sunshine Division, Links, Inc., and Beta Sigma Phi
Each year Pacific Power will recognize those who follow her
example with the Geneva Jones Community Spirit Award and
PacifiCorp Foundation for Learning's donation to the charitable
institution of the winner's choice.
C on g ratu latio n s, Geneva, and th an k you fo r all you’ve done.
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Descendants of Black Pioneers
An undated Urban League of Portland photo from an Oregon Historical Society collection shows
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Bogle Jr., descendants o f Oregon black pioneers dating to 1851,
enjoying an evening at the Lipman Wolfe Tea Room in downtown Portland.