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Details: Written by The Skanner News; Published: 17 November 2016

PCC Cascade President Karin Edwards and Eveyln Crowell at the open house celebrating the new Center for African American Community History in the library to open in 2017.

PCC Cascade hosted an open house to celebrate a new African American community history center in honor of the librarian and philanthropist

Details: Written by Concordia University; Published: 14 November 2016

Concordia University offers three days of Christmas services and carols

Details: Written by Partnership for Civil Justice Fund; Published: 11 November 2016

PCJF to Defend Free Speech Rights in Federal Court, Monday November 14, 2016

Details: Written by University Press of Kentucky; Published: 11 November 2016

Bernard LaFayette Jr.

Freedom Rider Bernard LaFayette Jr. was chosen in recognition of his outstanding work towards the promotion of peace, reconciliation, and justice

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Details: Written by NAACP; Published: 10 November 2016

NAACP President and CEO Cornell William Brooks issued the following statement regarding the results of the 2016 presidential election Wednesday:

Details: Written by The Skanner News; Published: 07 November 2016

Project offers $500 stipend to storytellers

Details: Written by The Skanner News Staff; Published: 07 November 2016

Students showed their patriotic spirit while watching the live presidential election results at the election night party. (Photo by Albert Herring, Wikimedia, CC BY 2.0)

The Skanner News will be covering both national and local election night news Tuesday evening

Details: Written by The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law; Published: 04 November 2016

Lyft car in Los Angeles. (Photo by DoulosBen, CC BY-SA 4.0)

The call is part of a broader inquiry into racial discrimination in the sharing economy

Details: Written by Portland State University; Published: 31 October 2016

PSU will have a grand opening Wednesday, Nov. 2 for the Pan-African Commons and the Pacific Islander, Asian & Asian American Student Center

Details: Written by Audible, Inc.; Published: 27 October 2016

Audible Makes the Esteemed Novelist’s National Book Award-Winning Novel Free to Listeners for the Rest of 2016

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