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Portland’s Gentrification Displaced Hundreds of Black Families. Now, Their Descendants Want Justice.

Por: The Root Crime December 13, 2022

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A federal lawsuit has been filed by a group of Black Portland residents accusing the city’s economic and urban development agency of racism in the destruction of their homes, per The Associated Press. The construction of Legacy Emanuel Hospital and various interstate highways displaced hundreds of residents, but mainly Black ones.nnnPer the lawsuit, a neighborhood called Albina had been vacated for highway building in the 50s and 60s. However,... + full article



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