Education gaps remain, affect Salem-area African American community

Posted byNatalie PatePosted inUncategorized

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(PC: Statesman Journal file)

Salem-area civil rights leaders are frustrated the same issues Martin Luther King Jr. fought decades ago — racial inequality, disrupted access to education, quality housing and health care — still haven’t been resolved.

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Published by Natalie Pate

Natalie Pate is the education reporter for the Statesman Journal in Salem, Oregon. She is originally from Colorado and earned her B.A. in Politics and French and Francophone Studies from Willamette University.

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