Chandler and Bessilien Club, Portland.

Chandler and Bessilien Club, on Flanders Ave., Portland Courtesy Oreg. Hist. Soc. Research Lib., OrHi85576

Mr. Ivy, the owner of Charlene's Tot Shop.

Mr. Ivy, the owner of Charlene's Tot Shop, Portland Courtesy Oreg. Hist. Soc. Research Lib., 25458

Victory Lunch Room, Portland.

Victory Lunch Room, a popular meeting place, Portland. Courtesy Oreg. Hist. Soc. Research Lib., bb006297

Wonder Bread truck delivery.

Wonder Bread truck delivery Courtesy Oreg. Hist. Soc. Research Lib.

YWCA children's band.

YWCA children's band in Portland. Photo by Elizabeth Hall. Courtesy Oreg. Hist. Soc. Research Lib.

Central Labor Council float, Rose Parade, 1954.

Central Labor Council float, Rose Parade, 1954 Courtesy Oreg. Hist. Soc. Research Lib., OrHi78277

Young women in Portland.

Young women in Portland, part of the 4528 N Vancouver Ave. collection. Courtesy Oreg. Hist. Soc. Research Lib.

Sign in a Portland store, c.1940s.

Some store owners protested anti-black sentiment by retailers by putting signs like these in their windows. Courtesy Oreg. Hist. Soc. Research Lib.

Veterans meet to decide future, c. 1940s.

Discharged veterans meet to decide future, c. 1940s Courtesy Oreg. Hist. Soc. Research Lib., 25457

The launching of the Victory Ship Tuskegee Victory, in Portland, May 1945.

From left: Rev. Lee Owen Stone; Dr. DeNorval Unthank; Bennie Gragg; Albert Bauer (yard manager); Charlotte Moton (sponsor); unknown man; Dorothy Crockett; and Father Thomas Tobin. Courtesy Oreg. Hist. Soc. Research Lib., 72261

Urban League meeting, late 1940s.

Urban League meeting in the Benson Hotel, late 1940s Courtesy Oreg. Hist. Soc. Research Lib.,25437

Lizzie Phillips and her children, 1948.

Lizzie Phillips and her children, Cleaven and Esther May, in the Portland Armory after Vanport flooded. Courtesy Oreg. Hist. Soc. Research Lib., 61319

Edna Tidwell and family, 1948.

Edna Tidwell and family after evacuating from Vanport. Courtesy Oreg. Hist. Soc. Research Lib., OrHi78695