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Ugly fried history@Portland.OR
source: BLACKINFORMANT.COM Curator’s Notes: The Coon Chicken Inn was a highly successful restaurant chain from the late 1920s through the 1950s. A grinning, grotesque head of a bald Black man with a porter’s cap and winking eye formed a restaurant’s entryway. … Continue reading
WILL BENNETT | SPECIAL INTERESTS
(~_~) Discussing matters of race in Portland African American Experience in Portland & Oregon (~_~)
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GOLDEN WEST HOTEL EXHIBIT IS ONLINE
The Golden West Hotel was a vibrant place of employment and socializing for Portland’s African American community in the early 1900s. Display panels and audio narrative detailing this history can be found on the W. Broadway side of the building … Continue reading
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25th Sliver Anniversary 2010MLK Flyer
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pdx.Civil.Rights.Project@PSU
PSU | Capstone Course | Felicia Williams | fwilliam@pdx.edu PSU | Capstone Course: Fall Term 2009 Civil Rights Movement in Portland Pdx Civil-Rights We had to cut the documentary portion of the course due to time constraints, but we are … Continue reading
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PPS Curriculum Adoption’Portland Public Schools district is the first in the state to use a textbook exploring Oregon’s racial history
Portland Public Schools district is the first in the state to use a textbook exploring Oregon’s racial history Subject: PPS Curriculum Adoption Go to this link for the Oregonian article of May 12, 2008. From: Marcia Arganbright <marganbr@pps.k12.or.us> Date: Tue, … Continue reading
TIME CHANGE(10am.Wed.Feb17)Dedication of Dr. Martin Luther King Post Office
TIME CHANGE (10 am, Wed. Feb 17) Location: 630 NE Killingsworth A community effort led by local letter carriers Jamie Partridge (left) and Isham Harris (right) TIME CHANGE (10 am, Wed. Feb 17) Send me your name & classic address, … Continue reading
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Golden West Hotel Historic Display
The woman’s name in black is Willie Richardson, from Salem. The woman on the left, is Jodi Cheever from Portland. -by Photo by Brian Stimson Anthony I. Allen never knew W.D. Allen, his grandfather and the original owner of … Continue reading
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“Unveiling”
fwilliam@pdx.edu wrote: > Hi Will, > > There was a photographer from the Oregonian there and I know that Michael Chappie Grice also took a lot of pictures. It was a fantastic evening and the only thing missing was you. … Continue reading
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To speak of Mahalia Jackson…
Source: The National Museum of African American History and Culture To speak of Mahalia Jackson’s voice is to speak of magic and mystery and majesty. Hers is not a voice. It is a force of nature. It moves with the … Continue reading
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Portland's Golden West Hotel Survival Paradox 