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October 8. 2008
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North Portland Bridge Closure
Downtown
the Easy Way
Celestial Ward sees her
‘Memorizing
Shakespeare's sonnets'
slogan become part o f a
TriMet ad campaign to
remind people that riding
the bus or Max downtown
is the easy way to com
mute even during construc
tion o f the Portland Mall
Light Rail Project.
Obama’s Historical Run
ful demeanor, easing the concerns of some who
may not have voted for a black person in the past.
Rights-era Americans have gotten replaced by
."This is a historical event in America right now,
younger people that weren't taught racism then
yet it is too soon for people to appreciate it,” he
Obama has a great chance at victory.”
said. "There hasn’t been a real landslide election
Millner said the first factor working against
since the early 20s. Many people wonder if this
Obama in this race is that
one has turned into a landslide
he lives in a country where
due to skin color.”
race has been overwhelm
Millner said he would like to
ingly important throughout
see Obama win, but w ouldn't be
most of its history.
surprised if he doesn't.
“This election will tell us
“I do n ’t know if this country
Darrell Millner was born in Co can handle four to eight more
how the United States feels
lumbus, Ohio in 1946 and raised in
abo u t race to d ay ," said
years o f Bush policy politics,”
the Los Angeles area where he
Millner, “Obama isn't just a
he said. “On the other hand, I
graduated from California State
gesture to the ethnic com
d o n ’t know w hat the country
Polytechnic University in 1969 with
munity like Jesse Jackson,
will be like if Obama wins but it
a degree in English.
but a serio u s can d id ate
will definitely be better than
He moved to Eugene in 1970 to
that can improve the situa
what we have now.”
attend the University of Oregon
tion in this country.”
where he earned a Doctorate in
M illn e r n o tes how
Education. In 1975, he was hired to
O bam a has e n e rg iz e d
teach Afro-American Literature and
young voters through his
History at the Black Studies Depart
campaign.
ment att Port
''People born after the
land State Uni
1970s have h ero es like
versity.
M ichael Jordan and Bill
He
was
Cosby and accept blacks
ch
airm
an
of
and women as normal con
th
e
black
tributors to political posi
stu d ie s d e
tions," he said. “My chil
partment
from
dren see the election as how
1984
to
1995.
elections should be, with
Currently, he
out race being an issue.
Darrell Millner
is a full time
Eventually, blacks in poli
professor, serving on many local,
tic s w ill be n o n -n ew s
regional and national boards and
items.”
organizations
including the Edito
Millner is convinced that
rial
Board
of
the
Oregon Historical
this election will be decided
Society.
by the young and indepen
M illner is an expert on the his
d e n t v o te rs ra th e r than
tory
o f A frican-A m ericans in the
older voters and those af
western
movement with a special
filiated with the Democratic
focus on the Oregon and C alifor
and Republican parties.
nia trail experiences; early O r
“ In v o lv em en t o f new
egon and California Black history;
voters is very important in
and the history of the Black Buf
th is e le c tio n ," he said.
falo Soldiers in the Indians Wars.
“Obama has the ability to
He is also an expert on Black cin
m o b iliz e and e n e rg iz e
em a history and the developm ent
youth. “The younger vot
and perpetuation of negative ra
ers have the ability to over
cial stereotypes.
throw the older voters. The
He has se rv e d on the
b a la n c e o f th e se tw o
"frontlines" of the multi-cultural
groups is very different.
apd d iv ersity co n tro v e rsie s as
The younger generation is
the D irecto r o f M u lti-cu ltu ral
unpredictable, while older
education for the Portland Public
blacks are still suspicious
S ch o o ls and has an ex te n siv e
about the p o ssib ility o f
background in teacher training
Obama winning this elec
and curriculum developm ent for
tion.”
inner city schools and disadvan
M illner said Obam a is
taged youth.
gaining traction by his con
continued
from Front
Expert at PSU
since 1975
P o rtla n d T r a n s p o r ta tio n
Maintenance Operations will be
closing the V ancouver Avenue
Bridge over the Union Pacific
R a ilr o a d b e tw e e n N o rth
Farragut Street and C olum bia
B oulevard starting M onday.
Oct. 13 through Sunday, Nov.
2 for deck m aintenance work.
The public is advised that the
bridge will be closed to all m o
torized traffic all days and all
hours. Pedestrian traffic will be
allow ed on the sidew alks at all
times, and bicycles may w alk
their hikes on the sidew alks
during the closure. Pedestrians
and bicyclists may experience
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being perform ed.
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fic around the closure. The
prim ary detour route around
the bridge is N ortheast M artin
L uther King Jr. Boulevard b e
tw een Lom bard Street and C o
lumbia Boulevard.
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