[Editor’s Note: The following article is part of BlackOut: A Five-Year Retrospective on Portland’s Racial Justice Movement, a joint publication from Donovan Scribes and the Portland Mercury. Written exclusively by Black Portlanders, the purpose of BlackOut is to remember and reflect on the May 25, 2020 murder of George Floyd at the hands of police, […]
Nkenge Harmon Johnson
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Guest Editorial: Let’s Bring Some of 2020 With Us
ALEX ZIELINSKI [In an effort to reflect on a very tumultuous year, the Mercury asked several Portlanders to look back on their 2020 and share how their lives have changed and what they’ve taken away from their experiences. Nkenge Harmon Johnson is an advocate and CEO of the Urban League of Portland. Here is her […]