2016
Special Edition
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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
‘City of Roses’
Volume XLV
Number 2
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Wednesday • January 13, 2016
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From Martin Luther King Jr.’s leadership at the forefront of Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s (left), to the activism of a new generation today (right), the struggle against
racism and other injustices continues.
From MLK to Today
New voices and leaders emerge
The explosion of social media on sites like twitter and tumblr has seen the creation of
hash tags and groups like Black Lives Matter, and are bringing people across the country
together to fight against racism and oppression, adding a clearer focus to issues of white
Dear Readers:
This year’s Martin Luther King Jr. special edition represents more than the Portland supremacy, police brutality, housing injustice, unfair debt and low wages.
Portland’s vibrant social justice community has seen its own resurgence, bringing
Observer’s hard work or the history of the late civil rights leader – it showcases a year
when the dignity of black lives has been made even more evident by new voices in the
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struggle against discrimination and other injustices.