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January 14, 2015
2015 special edition
THE LAW OFFICES OF
Patrick John Sweeney, P.C.
Patrick John Sweeney
Attorney at Law
1549 SE Ladd
Portland, Oregon
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PHOTO BY M ARK W ASHINGTON /T HE P ORTLAND O BSERVER
Wayne Cannon of Cannon’s Rib Express has been
serving some of best barbecue delicacies you can find in
Portland for the past 30 years. He’s located in the
Concordia Neighbourhood at the corner of Northeast 33rd
and Killingsworth.
For Wayne Cannon,
Grilling is his Passion
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concerts to hit this upcoming
spring and summer, and says
that he loves being part of
the local concert scene.
“But” he adds, “I love being
here year round for the cus-
tomers that have been so
loyal to me since the begin-
‘ The ultimate measure of a man is
not where he stands in moments
of comfort, but where he stands at
times of challenge and controversy.
’
-- Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
ning. And if you’re new, I
want to feed you too.”
Cannon’s Rib Express is
located at 5410 N.E. 33rd
Ave., and orders can be
placed at 503-288-3836. Win-
ter hours are Sunday through
Thursday, 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.,
and Friday and Saturday, 11
a.m. to 9 p.m.
The Black Portlanders
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The Portland Mercury, and of
course, the Portland Observer.
“At first I just wanted to get
pictures and talk to people,” says
Abioto. “But soon I realized other
people were paying attention. It
was not what I expected but I
was happy to see how many
people felt connected to the
project. It has grown so much in
the last year and I’m still just
amazed by the level of feed-
back.”
Abioto plans to take the
project to another level in the
upcoming year. “I am hoping
to travel and meet black
Portlanders that have left the
city and ask them about their
experience being from here,”
she explains. “I just know
there’s more people who have
left, especially folks from the
Vanport floods.”
Vanport, a community with a
large black population, was lo-
cated in between Portland and
Vancouver and disappeared in a
flood back in 1948. At the time,
President Truman flew out to
Portland to examine the dam-
age. What he saw were over-
turned cars, destroyed homes,
and lives destroyed. What he
didn’t see was the future of
Vanport and Black Portland.
The black population would never
fully recover, and Abioto is de-
termined to follow up and see
where some of those families
are in 2014, “because I want to
know,” she says, “and everyone
else deserves to learn their side
of the story.”
Abioto’s relates how her work
can be interpreted in a number
of different ways but that the
issue of visibility has been mean-
ingful to her.
“Yes, a lot of people are get-
ting a chance to see themselves,
and that in and of itself can be a
seen as a work of social justice.
People deserve to see them-
selves in art,” she says.
Intisar Abioto’s work is readily
available
online
at
theblackportlanders.com.