Description

In 1988, Mulugeta Seraw lost his life for simply being who he was: a Black man from Ethiopia.  His murder by racist skinheads horrified Portland and exposed the deep roots of white supremacy in the community.  This is Mulugeta's story.  

Sources

• Hate on Trial by Morris Dees
• A Hundred Little Hitlers by Elinor Langer
• http://media.oregonlive.com/history/other/2014/12/04/grandjurydecision1.pdf
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mulugeta_Seraw
• https://www.splcenter.org/news/2020/10/25/remember-mulugeta-30-years-after-splc-lawsuit-life-and-legacy-man-killed-hate-group
• https://www.cbsnews.com/news/portland-hate-crime-mulugeta-seraw/
• https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/mulugeta-seraw-1960-1988/
• https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/2014/11/1998_story_legacy_of_a_hate_cr.html
• https://muse.jhu.edu/article/830039/summary
• https://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/seraw-mulugeta/#.YfHKyOrML3Q
• https://www.wweek.com/portland/blog-27436-ken-death-mieske-dies.html
• https://www.oregonlive.com/history/2020/01/white-supremacists-on-trial-for-inciting-murder-required-extraordinary-security-in-portland-case-reverberates-30-years-later.html
• https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2011/07/27/ken-mieske-skinhead-murderer-ethiopian-student-1988-dies
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• https://vimeo.com/129797289
• https://www.oregonlive.com/news/2008/11/lessons_from_mulugeta_seraws_b.html
• https://www.upi.com/Archives/1989/06/05/Apologetic-skinhead-gets-life-term/6661613022400/
• https://www.wweek.com/news/2021/01/17/kyle-brewster-convicted-in-1988-killing-of-mulugeta-seraw-fought-at-jan-6-pro-trump-rally-in-salem/#:~:text=Released%20from%20prison%20in%202002,the%20white%20supremacist%20group%20Volksfront.
• https://apnews.com/article/02b78d7936b2c39417c6ff961b166a07
• https://www.nytimes.com/1989/10/20/us/skinhead-is-sentenced-in-slaying-of-black.html
• https://www.portlandmercury.com/news/it-happened-in-1988/Content?oid=850524
• https://timeline.com/seraw-ethiopian-murder-metzger-b50884b83a92
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• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Metzger