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Page 2 October 19, 2016 Established 1970 USPS 959 680 4747 NE Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd., Portland, OR 97211 The Portland Observer welcomes free- lance submissions. Manuscripts and photographs should be clearly labeled and will be returned if accompanied by a self addressed envelope. All creat- ed design display ads become the sole property of the newspaper and cannot be used in other publications or person- al usage without the written consent of the general manager, unless the client has purchased the composition of such ad. © 2008 THE PORTLAND OBSERV- ER. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED, REPRO- DUCTION IN WHOLE OR IN PART WITHOUT PERMISSION IS PROHIB- ITED. The Portland Observer--Oregon’s Oldest Multicultural Publication--is a member of the National Newspaper Association--Founded in 1885, and The National Advertising Representa- tive Amalgamated Publishers, Inc, New York, NY, and The West Coast Black Publishers Association Mark Washington Sr. e ditor : Michael Leighton P ublisher : e xecutive d irector : Rakeem Washington A dvertising M AnAger : Leonard Latin Office Manager/Classifieds: Lucinda Baldwin c reAtive d irector : Paul Neufeldt Reporter/Web Editor: Cervante Pope P ublic r elAtions : Mark Washington Jr. Historic Artist in Black Smithsonian Portland niece thrilled with aunt’s selection C ervante P oPe t he P ortland o bserver The Smithsonian Museum has taken notice of a historic and distinguished black artist from Portland. Last month, the prominent in- stitution bought Thelma Johnson Streat’s “Medicine and Trans- portation” mural” to be part of the new African American Mu- seum of History and Culture in Washington D.C. Carlene Jack- son, Streat’s niece, was invit- ed to D.C. to participate in the viewing reception. “Our family was just so thrilled that they chose one of her works to represent the Af- rican American art for that per- manent collection in the muse- um,” says Jackson. “I felt very touched because I knew she by Week in Review The Storm of Lesser Power CALL 503-288-0033 FAX 503-288-0015 news@portlandobserver.com ads@portlandobserver.com subscription@portlandobserver.com Postmaster: Send address changes to Portland Observer , PO Box 3137 , Portland, OR 97208 A forecast for a “history making” storm fell short Saturday. High winds did hit the metro area but did not result in a lot of damage. Several cloudbursts did cause some street flooding. Around 40,000 PGE customers lost power. Teen Suspect in Custody Police arrested Richard Jay An- derson, 19, on Friday for murder in connection to last month’s death of Marquis Taylor, 18, who died from a gunshot wound near Cesar Thelma Johnson Streat and her ‘Medicine and Transportation’ mural. would have been so honored and Streat’s work garnered much works program meant to give so proud that her work would attention and success during artists employment. She contrib- be in the new African American the Great Depression. She par- C ontinued on P age 4 Smithsonian.” ticipated in a New Deal public Chavez School in north Portland. Court records show Anderson is homeless and has no prior crimi- nal record. who were forcibly held captive by Islamic extremist group Boko Haram for the last two and a half years. The girls are among 300 that were taken from Chibok, Delta Racial Profiling Case Nigeria in one of Boko Haram’s Delta Airlines said Friday they mass kidnappings. As of the time will investigate a racial profiling of their release, around 197 re- complaint by a black doctor who main captive. said she tried to help another pas- senger who was suffering a med- Inmate Fights for Rights ical emergency aboard a flight The American Civil Liberties from Detroit to Minneapolis, but Union of Oregon (ACLU) filed was rejected because a Delta flight a federal lawsuit against the Or- attendant refused to believe she egon Department of Corrections was an ‘actual physician. Monday on behalf of Michale (Michelle) James Wright, a trans- Nigerian Girls Set Free gender inmate who says the state A few Nigerian families joyous- is inflicting cruel and unusual pun- ly celebrated Sunday after be- ishment for segregating her in sol- ing reunited with 21 school girls itary confinement and denying her requests for hormone treatment, despite her gender dysphoria di- agnosis. Chuck Berry Releases Album Rock ‘n’ roll legend Chuck Berry is set to release his first new stu- dio album in more than 35 years. The St. Lou- is Post-Dis- patch reports that Berry’s album, titled “Chuck,” will be available in 2017 and feature mostly original works by Berry who turned 90 on Tuesday.
