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Portlanders Respond to Hate Attacks

August 14, 2017 / PSU-AAUP

As President Trump Declines to Condemn Nazi Marches, Portlanders Respond to Hate Attacks: "White Supremacy Is Real in This Country"

Willamette Week
By Karina Brown
August 12, 2017

At two sparsely attended Portland rallies this afternoon, Portlanders called on Americans to stand up to white supremacists in the hours after a woman was killed in Charlottesville, Va., during a weekend of hate-filled rallies.

About 30 people joined the leaders of the NAACP Portland at the statue of Martin Luther King Jr. near the Oregon Convention Center. Later, the Queer Liberation Front gathered 60 people at Portland City Hall.

Read the full article at the Willamette Week website here.