February 2024 – BPA Report

Askari – To Know Him Is to Love Him

June 10, 2025February 7, 2024 by James Posey

Askari, as we called him, will be greatly missed. It is a privilege to assist in the memorial celebration of his life this Saturday at the Lloyd Center Mall next to our NAACP office. To know him is to love him. Come hear his story at 1:00 pm. He truly exemplifies our love for black … Read more

Beatrice Morrow Cannady – NAACP Civil Rights Leader

June 10, 2025February 2, 2024 by James Posey

I know this is Black History Month but I am still surprised that very few people, blacks in particular, know about this great black woman and the contribution she made to blacks in Oregon and across the USA. When in June 1928, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) chose to hold … Read more