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The Advocate
From 1903 until about 1938, the Advocate recorded incidents of racism and discrimination in restaurants, jobs, and theaters and demanded civil rights for Oregon’s two …
Oregon Encyclopedia
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"Admission of Collored [sic] Children to the Public School"
Thomas Alexander Wood (1837-1904) was a white Oregon pioneer, a veteran of the Indian wars, and a Methodist clergyman. In these reminiscences he recalled the …
Oregon History Project
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Bill Berry with Rose Festival Princess
The Portland Urban League was established in 1945 during a time of racial strain between Portland’s black and white communities. Beginning in 1941, blacks began …
Oregon History Project
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Dorothy Hadley (1942–) and Hurtis Hadley (1942–)
On April 19, 1977, when Hurtis and Dorothy Bishop Butler Hadley opened the Milwaukie Pastry Kitchen, they became the owners of the first Black-owned business …
Oregon Encyclopedia
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Letitia Carson (1814-1818–1888)
Letitia Carson, a nineteenth-century farmer and homesteader, was one of the first Black women to settle in Oregon. In the 1850s, she brought two successful …
Oregon Encyclopedia
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Luncheonette Sign, We Cater to White Trade Only
Signs similar to this one in the window of the Denver Cafe, across the street from the Kenton Theatre in north Portland, popped up during …
Oregon History Project
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Origins of a Civil Rights Movement
Just as the city’s commercial and entertainment foundations began to shift, so too did its population. The influx of war workers, including unprecedented number of …
Oregon History Project
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Evelyn Crowell (1936–2017)
Evelyn Crowell was one of the first professional Black librarians in the City of Portland. A community-based activist, she was a promoter of African …
Oregon Encyclopedia
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George Putnam Riley (1833–1905)
Identified by the Oregonian as the “Fred[erick] Douglass of Oregon,” George P. Riley was a passionate advocate for equal rights and a leading figure in …
Oregon Encyclopedia
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James William Beatty (1830–1914)
From his arrival in Oregon in about 1864 until his death in 1914, James Beatty was a highly regarded member of Portland’s African American …
Oregon Encyclopedia
