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Perseverance: a history of African Americans in Oregon's Marion and Polk Counties. Salem, Oregon: Oregon Northwest Black Pioneers. 2011. ISBN 978-1-4507-4878-0. OCLC 747038125. [7] Oregon Black Pioneers; Moreland, Kimberly Stowers (2013). African Americans of Portland. Charleston, South Carolina: Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 0-7385-9619-1.
Willie Bell Richardson (December 20, 1948 – January 25, 2023) was an American civil rights activist and community advocate who was president of Oregon Black Pioneers. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] She was a long-time resident of Salem , Oregon .
The Oregon Black Pioneers developed the downtown Portland exhibition with the Oregon Historical Society, opening the original "Racing to Change: Oregon's Civil Rights Years" on January 15, 2018. [ 2 ] [ 1 ] [ 12 ] "Racing to Change" was the Oregon Black Pioneers' fourth exhibition curated with the Oregon Historical Society, attracting 45,000 ...
Democrat Janelle Bynum is projected to win Oregon’s 5th Congressional District, according to Decision Desk HQ, making her the first Black lawmaker to represent Oregon in Congress. Bynum, an ...
Both enslaved and free Black people settled in Oregon in the 1840s and 1850s. Although slavery had been outlawed in Oregon since the 1843 Organic Laws of Oregon, at least 40 enslaved Black people were brought to the Oregon Country. Some remained enslaved for years after their arrival.
The revival of a ghost town has unearthed the history of Black loggers who worked in Oregon when it was illegal for them to even live in the state. 100 years later, revival of ghost town tells ...
Cohn led to the Oregon Supreme Court sanctioning the right of white Americans to racially discriminate against Black people in theatres. [10] In 1918, Black soldiers from California saw a sign that read "We employ white help and cater to white trade only." Angered, the men proceeded to destroy the sign. A similar occurrence happened in 1943. [24]
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