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A national celebration of the end of slavery that has its Oregon roots in a shipyard in the 1940s will be a state holiday this year.
There will be festivities going on all weekend, beginning with a parade through North Portland on Saturday morning.
From parades to a bike ride to a Black book festival, here’s where to go and what to do to commemorate the holiday in the Rose City.
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