Who Speaks for the Black Lives Matter Movement in Portland? Itâs Complicated.
Portlandâs Black community is relatively smallâand yet, it certainly does not speak with a single voice.
By
Jagger Blaec
12/19/2020 at 5:00am
Published in the December 2020 issue of
Portland Monthly
Portlandâs Black community is relatively smallâand yet, it certainly does not speak with a single voice.
For months in 2020, Portlandâs Black Lives Matter movement took international center stage, underscored by jarring images of local and federal law enforcement agents descending on protesters with tear gas and excessive force in the cityâs streets.