Lawsuit Says City Of Portland, Hospital Conspired In The “Intentional Destruction” Of A Thriving Black Neighborhood

By Rayna Reid Rayford ·Updated December 5, 2023

Last year, “26 Black descendants of families” who resided in the historically Black neighborhood of Albina, filed “[a] federal civil rights lawsuit…against the city of Portland and Legacy Emanuel Hospital & Health Center,” The Oregonian reports. The defendants filed a motion to dismiss the suit, but last Friday, a judge ruled that the plaintiffs can proceed.

As the complaint reads, “[t]his case is

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