BlackOut: A Five-Year Retrospective on Portland’s Racial Justice Movement is a joint production from Donovan Scribes and the Portland Mercury, written exclusively by Black Portlanders, to remember and reflect on the May 25, 2020 murder of George Floyd at the hands of police, and the 100+ days of protests in Portland that same year. You can currently find BlackOut in print at more than 500 locales citywide, inserted inside the Mercury's Food Issue—and in conjunction with this historic issue, The BLACK Gallery powered by Don’t Shoot Portland is presenting a month-long art show, featuring the art, photography, and words of BlackOut.

Running Thursday, June 5 through Saturday, July 5—with a special public showing during this week’s First Thursday gallery walk— this powerful exhibit curated by

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