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class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Weekly_newspaper" title="Weekly newspaper">Weekly newspaper</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founder(s)</th><td class="infobox-data">Mark Washington Sr.<sup id="cite_ref-contactus_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-contactus-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Publisher</th><td class="infobox-data">Mark Washington<sup id="cite_ref-contactus_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-contactus-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Editor</th><td class="infobox-data agent">Michael Leighton<sup id="cite_ref-contactus_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-contactus-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data label">4747 NE Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd<br /> Portland, OR 97211<sup id="cite_ref-contactus_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-contactus-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">City</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Portland,_Oregon" title="Portland, Oregon">Portland</a>, <a href="/wiki/Oregon" title="Oregon">Oregon</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data">United States</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://portlandobserver.com/">portlandobserver<wbr />.com</a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Free online archives</th><td class="infobox-data agent"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://oregonnews.uoregon.edu/lccn/sn83025151/issues/first_pages/">University of Oregon Libraries</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist" style="line-height:1.3em; padding-top:0.4em; border-top: 1px solid #aaa"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Media_of_the_United_States" class="mw-redirect" title="Media of the United States">Media of the United States</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_newspapers_in_the_United_States" title="List of newspapers in the United States">List of newspapers</a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <i><b>Portland Observer</b></i> is one of the oldest <a href="/wiki/African_Americans" title="African Americans">African-American</a> newspapers in <a href="/wiki/Oregon" title="Oregon">Oregon</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-oreg-2012dec12_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-oreg-2012dec12-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-OPBobit_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-OPBobit-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Established in 1970, it is published weekly<sup id="cite_ref-OPB-Washington2_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-OPB-Washington2-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (on Wednesdays), in <a href="/wiki/Portland,_Oregon" title="Portland, Oregon">Portland, Oregon</a>. <a href="/w/index.php?title=Rev._Alfred_L._Henderson&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Rev. Alfred L. Henderson (page does not exist)">Rev. Alfred L. Henderson</a> founded the paper in the 1970s, in the tradition of the <i>People's Observer</i>, a 1940s publication that had ceased publication in 1950.<sup id="cite_ref-OE-mclendon_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-OE-mclendon-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> That paper also originally went by the name of "<i>Portland Observer</i>."<sup id="cite_ref-OE-mclendon_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-OE-mclendon-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Historic_Portland_Observer">Historic Portland Observer</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portland_Observer&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Historic Portland Observer"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Portland Observer was launched by <a href="/wiki/William_McClendon" title="William McClendon">William H. McClendonn</a> in 1938, but due to the <a href="/wiki/Great_Depression_in_the_United_States" title="Great Depression in the United States">Great Depression</a>, folded in 1939.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Another paper had the same title in <a href="/wiki/Portland,_Michigan" title="Portland, Michigan">Portland, Michigan</a>, from 1876 into the 20th century.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Post-1980s">Post-1980s</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portland_Observer&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Post-1980s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After several changes in ownership, the Washington family acquired the paper in the 1980s, during which Joyce Washington helmed the publication. Upon her death, Washington's son Charles "Chuck" Washington, a <a href="/wiki/Portland,_Oregon" title="Portland, Oregon">Portland</a> native and a graduate of <a href="/wiki/Jefferson_High_School_(Portland,_Oregon)" title="Jefferson High School (Portland, Oregon)">Jefferson High School</a>, briefly took over as publisher until his death in December 2012.<sup id="cite_ref-oreg-2012dec12_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-oreg-2012dec12-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The paper was then passed on to Mark Washington who controls the paper today. Portland politician, radio host, restaurateur, and veteran <a href="/wiki/Bruce_Broussard_(Oregon)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bruce Broussard (Oregon)">Bruce Broussard</a> has held a leadership position at the paper.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Additionally, Albert Williams is currently the general manager of the Portland Observer and is involved in many aspects including hiring, editing, writing, advertising, and editing.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In their website, they state their key focus of bringing stories focused on "education, health, politics, and law and justice" to their readers.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div 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