February 5, 2020
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INSIDE L O C A L N E W S
The
Week in Review
M ETRO
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Black history professors Dr. Darrell Millner and Dr. Carmen Thompson explore the painful impacts of
white supremacy in Oregon.
Painful Racist Impacts
Professors explore white supremacy in Oregon
The painful impacts of white
supremacy in Oregon is getting
a statewide focus just in time for
Black History Month thanks to
two leading professors of black
“We are not responsible for the
history in Portland and their work past, but we are responsible for
with the Oregon Historical Soci-
c ontinued on p age 4
ety.
Tri-Met Equity Day Honors Rosa Parks
Arts &
ENTERTAINMENT
O PINION
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To commemorate the life and
legacy of the late civil rights pi-
oneer Rosa Parks, TriMet has
named her birthday, Feb. 4, as a
day of remembrance. Next year,
TriMet plans a fare-free day on
that date.
“There’s no better way to
have equity than for everyone in
the community to be able to ride
on TriMet that day,” said TriMet
Board Director Keith Edwards,
a member of Portland’s Afri-
can American community who
not only brought the resolution
remembering Parks before the
board but also suggested adding a
fare holiday to honor her legacy,
TriMet officials said.
“I know that there are budget
constraints,” Edward acknowl-
edged, “but at the same time,
there’s an opportunity to make
sure that the budget will be able to
make this happen next year.”
The activist nonprofit OPAL
Established 1970
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Rosa Parks, as she was fingerprinted by police during the
Montgomery Bus Boycott, 1956.
Environmental Justice organi-
zation also declared Feb. 4 as
Transit Equity Day in honor of
Parks, joining representatives of
the NAACP, the Urban League
of Portland and Bus Riders
Unite, in support of the desig-
nation and the “fare-free transit
holiday” on TriMet starting in
2021.
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