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Is Portland’s Black Male Achievement Project for real?

What does the advent of the new Black Male Achievement (BMA) project and the 1995 Million Man March have in common?

As an organizer of the Portland contingent that traveled to the March in Washington, DC back in October 1995, I was struck by a reference to the pride of black men made by Mayor Hales in his recent state of the city address. Continue reading Is Portland’s Black Male Achievement Project for real?