Ep. 2: Mulugeta Seraw: The Murder That Changed Portland

In 1988, Ethiopian immigrant and college student Mulugeta Seraw was beaten to death on the streets of Portland by a group of white supremacist skinheads — a murder that exposed a violent underground movement growing in plain sight across America. In this episode, we trace the life of a young man chasing the American dream, the hate-fueled ideology that made him a target, and the shocking network behind the killers.Seraw’s murder became a landmark civil rights case that reached far beyond one city — and forced the nation to confront the deadly consequences of organized hate.Listener discretion is advised as this does touch some heavy topics. Grab your caffeine, clock in and join the shift. Check out our sources listed below!https://www.investigatewest.org/kicked-out-of-the-proud-boys-a-portland-neo-nazi-launched-his-own-group-and-hes-gone-to-war-with-his-former-allies/https://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/seraw-mulugeta/https://www.splcenter.org/resources/stories/remember-mulugeta-30-years-after-splc-lawsuit-life-and-legacy-man-killed-hate-group/https://samepassage.org/when-portland-banned-blacks-oregons-shameful-history-as-an-all-white-state/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8wz-i0QLPU&t=1596s