E—1980 In April, Black leaders stage a one-day school boycott to spur reforms. For years, the all-white PPS board has desegregated schools by closing Black ones. There has been no middle school in Albina for a decade. A busing program scatters thousands of Black children into majority-white schools across the city. Black teachers are barred from teaching in Black neighborhoods. Racial harassment and violence are common. Most white kids in PDX can walk to school. Almost none take the bus. The Black population around here has tripled to 2%.
