January 25, 2017
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‘The Emancipation Approximation’ by Kara
Walker, part of a collection of African American
Art coming to the Portland Art Museum.
‘Blue Dress,’ a 1985 painting by Paul Keene and
one of the collections of African American artists
to be featured in a special Portland Art Museum
exhibit.
Constructing Identity
M ETRO
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African American
masterpieces on loan
c hriSta M c i ntyre
t he p ortland o bServer
A rare opportunity to view African-American
masterpieces opens this weekend at the Portland
Art Museum. The show called Constructing Iden-
by
tity brings together paintings, sculpture, prints and
drawings by prominent African American artists
from the past and today.
Works by Harlem Renaissance artists John Thom-
as Biggers, Romare Bearden and Norman Lewis
will be on view as well as a vibrant cross section of
contemporary artists such as Sonya Clark, Radcliffe
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Civil rights activists working
through a group representing black
churches in Portland are inviting the
public to join them on Saturday for
a rally and march for justice.
The Albina Ministerial Alliance
Coalition for Justice and Police
Reform has scheduled the fami-
ly-friendly demonstrations to co-
incide with the 7th anniversary of
the death of Aaron Campbell, an
unarmed African American man
shot by Portland Police in 2010,
as well as the transition to a new
federal government which poten-
tially threatens the civil liberties
of many communities.
The NAACP Portland Branch,
Urban League of Portland, Unite
Oregon, Muslim Education Trust,
Portland Copwatch, and Sisters of
Dr. T. Allen Bethel (left) and Dr. LeRoy Haynes Jr. of the African
American Ministerial Alliance’s Coalition for Justice and Police
Reform.
the Road are among the local civil
rights groups pledging to support
and join the “Advancing Justice
and Equality for All Through the
Strength to Love” rally and march.
The AMA Coalition is guided
by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s
non-violent direct action prin-
ciples. Participants are asked to
show respect for one another and
to use language that is friendly to
families and children.