Portland's Racist History Revealed In Oct. 30 CBSN Documentary

PORTLAND, OR — CBSN, CBS News' 24-hour streaming service, on Monday night will air an original documentary examining the history of systemic racism and bigotry in Oregon and Portland, specifically.

"Portland | Race Against The Past" will air on CBSN at 5 p.m., 8 p.m., and 11 p.m. Oct. 30, and according to CBS News the program aims to lift the "'mask' that hides a racist past and a troubling, white supremacist present" in the supposedly progressive Pacific Northwest haven.

The program will investigate the state's past in order to contextualize the present divisive political and social atmosphere in Oregon. Beginning with Oregon's 1857 constitutional amendment barring people of color from residing within the state, the show will conclude with the recent tragedy in late May involving 35-year-old Jeremy Joseph Christian, who allegedly stabbed to death two men and gravely wounded another during a racially motivated altercation on a TriMet MAX train.

CBSN is available live, 24/7 via CBSNews.com/live and on all CBS News mobile apps, according to CBS. CBSN can also be streamed anytime, anywhere on phones, tablets or connected devices for iOS, Android, Apple TV, Roku, Amazon Fire TV, and game consoles like Xbox and PlayStation.

Top Image: Right wing demonstrators hold up signs disparaging illegal immigrants at a rally on June 4, 2017 in Portland, Oregon. A protest dubbed 'Trump Free Speech' by organizers was met by a large contingent of counter-demonstrators who viewed the protest as a promotion of racism. The demonstrations come in the wake of the recent violent attack on the city's MAX train line when Ricky Best, 53, and Taliesin Namkai-Meche, 23, were stabbed to death and Micah Fletcher,21, was severely injured after they tried to protect two teenage girls, one of whom was wearing a hijab, from being harassed with racial taunts by suspect Jeremy Christian. (Photo by Natalie Behring/Getty Images)