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| Type | Weekly newspaper |
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| Founder(s) | Mark Washington Sr.[1] |
| Publisher | Mark Washington[1] |
| Editor | Michael Leighton[1] |
| Headquarters | 4747 NE Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd Portland, OR 97211[1] |
| City | Portland, Oregon |
| Country | United States |
| Website | portlandobserver |
| Free online archives | University of Oregon Libraries |
The Portland Observer is one of the oldest African-American newspapers in Oregon.[2][3][4] Established in 1970, it is published weekly[5] (on Wednesdays), in Portland, Oregon. Rev. Alfred L. Henderson founded the paper in the 1970s, in the tradition of the People's Observer, a 1940s publication that had ceased publication in 1950.[6] That paper also originally went by the name of "Portland Observer."[6]
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- ^ Tims, Dana (December 10, 2012). "Charles Washington, longtime Portland Observer publisher, dies at age 60". The Oregonian. Retrieved August 6, 2016.
- ^ "Portland Observer Publisher Charles Washington, 1951-2012". The Skanner. December 11, 2012. Retrieved August 5, 2016.
- ^ Brenner, Sammy (December 10, 2012). "Charles Washington, Publisher Of Portland Observer, Is Dead". Oregon Public Broadcasting. Retrieved August 5, 2016.
- ^ Sabatier, Julie (December 10, 2012). "Remembering Charles Washington". Think Out Loud. Oregon Public Broadcasting. Retrieved August 6, 2016.
- ^ a b Stan Fonseca. "William McClendon (1915–1996)". The Oregon Encyclopedia. Retrieved August 6, 2016.