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The history of racism in Oregon began before the territory even became a U.S. state. The topic of race was heavily discussed during the convention where the Oregon Constitution was written in 1857. In 1859, Oregon became the only state to enter the Union with a black exclusion law, although there were many other states that had tried before ...
One prewar observer, Portland Urban League secretary Edwin C. Berry, described Portland as a "'northern' city with a 'southern' exposure", arguing that the city shared with southern cities "traditions, attitudes, and things interracial in character." Berry argued that prior to the war the city exhibited remarkably unprogressive racial attitudes.
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 ...
March Against Racism arriving at King Neighborhood Facility, April 4, 1981. Photo from The Portland Advocate front-page story from May 1981. In 1970, a plan implemented by Portland school superintendent Robert Blanchard called for busing Black students to schools in predominantly white districts, and the closure of schools in Black neighborhoods.
Oregon's Black exclusion laws have been linked to a below-average Black population – two percent – into the present day. [16] [4] Historian Cheryl Brooks has argued that Oregon's small Black population has made it difficult for Oregonians to recognize racial discrimination problems in the state. [4]
An Oregon jury awarded a Black woman $1 million in damages this week in a civil case after a gas attendant at a full-service gas station told her, “I don’t serve Black people.”
[13] [14] [15] However, arson, vandalism, and looting during the George Floyd protests alone caused approximately $1–2 billion in damages nationally, the highest recorded damage from civil disorder in U.S. history, and surpassing the record set during the 1992 Los Angeles riots.
This is imposing, as has been stated, racism, discrimination. This is imposing evil things.” Supporters of the ballot measure slammed what they called “misinformation” surrounding Prop 1.