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Ignited and United { 32 images } Created 20 Mar 2020

Activists across Oregon came together to protest racial injustice sparked by the murder of George Floyd in May of 2020. The Wall of Moms attracted international intrigue, Black Joy Oregon (an activist group of mixed backgrounds) was founded by Julianne Jackson. Outside of major cities in Oregon, Rural Lives for Black Lives united. (All images available in color)
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  • A man holds a sign which reads, "Why is my blackness a weapon to you?" while participating in a die-in marching across the Burnside Bridge in Portland, Oregon on Tuesday, June 2, 2020. Hundreds of people marched from Portland's Pioneer Courthouse Square downtown to Revolution Hall. This was the sixth straight day of protests in Portland following the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis.
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  • Seven year old Charles Harris, center, stands with his stepmother, right, and aunt holding a sign that reads, "I am a Black boy. One day I will be a Black man." Thousands of people gathered for a vigil at Peninsula Park in Portland, Oregon on Friday night to protest the killing of #George Floyd by Minneapolis police.
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  • Seven year old Charles Harris, center, stands with his stepmother, right, and aunt holding a sign that reads, "I am a Black boy. One day I will be a Black man." Thousands of people gathered for a vigil at Peninsula Park in Portland, Oregon on Friday night to protest the killing of #George Floyd by Minneapolis police.
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  • A woman places a candle at the base of a painting depicting the horrific moment when George Floyd was killed by a Minneapolis police officer kneeling on his neck. Thousands of people gathered for a vigil at Peninsula Park in Portland, Oregon on Friday night to protest the killing of #George Floyd by Minneapolis police.
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  • Julianne Jackson’s 35th birthday was the same day as George Floyd's murder. Soon after, she helped organize “End White Silence - White People For Black Lives” at the Oregon State Capitol on Saturday, June 13th. "When I came out in Salem and saw that I had allies and that people actually cared. It lit something within me and it’s changed my life. I can’t look away now." said Jackson. Jackson founded Black Joy Oregon, a grassroots social activist organization of women; moms, Black, multiracial, non binary, queer, LatinX, and indigenous. Black Joy OR travels throughout Oregon raising awareness, helping after forest fires, feeding the homeless, and fighting for racial justice through joy and outreach.
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  • Julianne Jackson, center, and Amanda Clark, of Black Joy Oregon, find themselves in the middle of a fight during an Open Up Oregon rally in Salem, Oregon on Saturday, August 15. On the steps of the State Capitol, physical and verbal fights erupted between people for Open Up Oregon and Black Lives Matter supporters. Black Joy Oregon members tried to prevent fights and intervened as peacekeepers.
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  • After being shoved and having her mask and wig pulled, Taysha Hartzell (in red t-shirt) is embraced by Julianne Jackson and surrounded by other members of Black Joy Oregon. Julianne tells her “You are loved. You have to know only a very, very small percentage of people feel that way." Jackson says that many people in Oregon have a hard time believing that racism even exists. “It can be really hard to convince people that there’s a problem, because everyone’s mostly white,” she says, adding, “Racism is in our bones in Oregon."
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  • Julianne Jackson, center, founder and leader of Black Joy Oregon stands with her daughter and other Black Joy Oregon members.
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  • A Black Lives Matter supporter holds a sign which reads, "Racism isn't born, it's taught," during the Black Lives Matter Peaceful Family Rally at Gresham (OR) City Hall on Wednesday, July 29, 2020. The event, which drew close to two hundred people, also celebrated this week's appointment of the city's first Black man to serve as Councilor on the Gresham City Council. Vince Jones-Dixon was appointed on July 21, 2020. The council recently drew sharp criticism from the Multnomah County Republicans for unanimously agreeing to fly the Black Lives Matter flag over City Hall.
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  • Members of the Wall of Moms file into formation outside the Justice Center in Portland, Oregon.
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  • Hundreds of protesters march across the Burnside Bridge in Portland, Oregon on Tuesday, June 2, 2020.  This was the sixth straight day of protests in Portland following the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis.
    2020 GFLOYD PROTEST BURNSIDE 04.jpg
  • Hundreds of protesters participate in a die-in while marching across the Burnside Bridge in Portland, Oregon on Tuesday, June 2, 2020.  This was the sixth straight day of protests in Portland following the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis.
    2020 GFLOYD PROTEST BURNSIDE 02.jpg
  • Thousands of people gathered for a vigil at Peninsula Park in Portland, Oregon on Friday night to protest the killing of #George Floyd by Minneapolis police.
    20200529 GEORGE FLOYD VIGIL 262.jpg
  • Quinterous Davis, left, and Bre Garza embrace at the start of racial justice protest in Pioneer Courthouse Square in Portland, Oregon on Tuesday, June 2, 2020. This was the sixth straight day of protests in Portland following the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis.
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  • Men hold hands overhead on the Burnside Bridge in Portland, Oregon while standing in front of hundreds of people doing a die-in as form of protest. Protesters marched from downtown's Pioneer Square to Revolution Hall.
    2020 GFLOYD PROTEST BURNSIDE 06.jpg
  • Hundreds of people march across the Burnside Bridge in Portland, Oregon after doing a die-in as form of protest. Protesters marched from downtown's Pioneer Square to Revolution Hall.
    2020 GFLOYD PROTEST BURNSIDE 05.jpg
  • Dev Naik, left, and Yussef Fakih, raise their fists in solidarity outside Sesame Donuts as the Indigenous Solidarity March for Black Liberation passes by near Portland State University campus. Hundreds of people marched to Pioneer Courthouse Square.
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  • Thousands of people gathered for a vigil at Peninsula Park in Portland, Oregon on Friday night to protest the killing of #George Floyd by Minneapolis police.
    20200529 GEORGE FLOYD VIGIL 203.jpg
  • Thousands of people gathered for a vigil at Peninsula Park in Portland, Oregon on Friday night to protest the killing of #George Floyd by Minneapolis police.
    20200529 GEORGE FLOYD VIGIL 309.jpg
  • Thousands of people gathered for a vigil at Peninsula Park in Portland, Oregon on Friday night to protest the killing of #George Floyd by Minneapolis police.
    20200529 GEORGE FLOYD VIGIL 238.jpg
  • Thousands of people gathered for a vigil at Peninsula Park in Portland, Oregon on Friday night to protest the killing of #George Floyd by Minneapolis police.
    20200529 GEORGE FLOYD VIGIL 314.jpg
  • Thousands of people gathered for a vigil at Peninsula Park in Portland, Oregon on Friday night to protest the killing of #George Floyd by Minneapolis police.
    20200529 GEORGE FLOYD VIGIL 372.jpg
  • Thousands of people gathered for a vigil at Peninsula Park in Portland, Oregon on Friday night to protest the killing of #George Floyd by Minneapolis police.
    20200529 GEORGE FLOYD VIGIL 001.jpg
  • BLM (Black Lives Matter) Solidarity Protest in Hood River, Oregon (pop. 8100). Hood River is just one of several smaller towns in The Columbia River Gorge where regular protests are happening following the murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis Police. This was the fourth protest and demonstrators did a die-in in downtown Hood River for 8 minutes and 46 seconds, the time that Floyd was restrained by Police leading to his death.
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  • BLM (Black Lives Matter) Solidarity Protest in Hood River, Oregon (pop. 8100). Hood River is just one of several smaller towns in The Columbia River Gorge where regular protests are happening following the murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis Police. This was the fourth protest and demonstrators did a die-in in downtown Hood River for 8 minutes and 46 seconds, the time that Floyd was restrained by Police leading to his death.
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  • White Coats for Black Lives event outside Hood River Memorial Hospital in Hood River, Oregon (pop. 8100).
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  • A sign at the feet of a protester while listening to speakers at a vigil for George Floyd in Peninsula Park, Portland, OR. Thousands of people gathered for the vigil on Friday, May 29, 2020 to protest the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis. Floyd was killed on May 25th. This was the second night of protests in Portland which has continued to protest now for over 60 days.
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