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Sunday night protesters took down a statue of the namesake of Jefferson High School, Thomas Jefferson, America's third president who was also a slave owner.
Protesters have torn down the statue of Thomas Jefferson from a pedestal in front of Jefferson High School in North Portland. The removal of the statue occurred Sunday night, after thousands of ...
The bronze Thomas Jefferson statue that has loomed for years above the Jefferson High School football field and North Killingsworth St. was pulled from its marble pedestal Sunday night, hours ...
A day after the statue of Thomas Jefferson was toppled outside the North Portland school named for him, the fallen bronze statue was hauled away by school workers.
PORTLAND, Ore. — During a demonstration at North Portland's Jefferson High School on Sunday, protesters toppled the Thomas Jefferson statue outside of the school.
The Thomas Jefferson statue at Jefferson High School in Portland was torn down Sunday night. Monday morning, the statue was found lying on the ground near the track at the school.
Every Oregon school district will have to adopt a policy prohibiting student cellphone use by Oct. 31. The policies must be ...
A College Can’t Be Used as a School, so Jefferson High Students Will Travel 11 Miles The school district blames Portland zoning for putting the kibosh on an obvious solution.
At a National Alliance of Black School Educators conference in Atlanta last fall, Portland Public Schools board member Herman Greene asked a question that brought the room to a standstill ...
PORTLAND, Ore. — New safety measures have been installed near Jefferson High School in North Portland after three students were hurt in two separate shootings near the school late last year.
A night of protests in Portland, Oregon, brought down the statue of Thomas Jefferson in front of a local high school Sunday as demonstrators target historical figures related to slavery and ...