Tag Archives: Oregon

Black Heritage City Hall Art Show

Posted on January 30, 2009 by willbe1960

  Black Heritage City Hall Art Show        

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*SOLD OUT*: Dr. Cornel West | *PCC*

Posted on January 29, 2009 by willbe1960

Black History Event: Dr. Cornel West | PCC. Event Planner: Sylvia Welch, Dir. Affimative Action, PCC

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“Local Color” will air = OPB

Posted on January 29, 2009 by willbe1960

An OPB Original Local Color will air on Thursday, Feb 5th at 9 p.m. and Sunday, Feb 8th at 3 a.m. and 11 p.m. Mary J. Gardner Director Television Programming Oregon Public Broadcasting (503) 293-1951 (voice) (503) 293-4873 (fax) mgardner@opb.org … Continue reading →

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Tell Portland’s African American history!

Posted on January 28, 2009 by willbe1960

A little more light on little-known history Thursday, August 07, 2008 By Erin Hoover Barnett The Oregonian Staff When Portlanders talk about the City’s African American History, many speak of the black shipyard workers who were relocated to inner North and … Continue reading →

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McMenamins Kennedy School Presents…

Posted on January 27, 2009 by willbe1960

History Pub Mondays at McMenamins Kennedy School Presents… African American Achievements in Early-Day Oregon Dr. Darrell Millner, professor of Black Studies at Portland State University, will offer his perspective on the subject, placing the event’s two topics in the larger … Continue reading →

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City aims to overcome blacks’ distrust from past dislocations

Posted on January 16, 2009 by willbe1960

Two steps forward for the rest of Portland, one step backward for us. That’s the view of many longtime black residents about “progress” in Portland’s inner north and northeast neighborhoods. Continue reading →

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Dick Bogle

Posted on December 12, 2008 by willbe1960

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A little more light on little-known history

Posted on August 7, 2008 by willbe1960

From the Oregonian, August 7 2008 Golden West Building When Portlanders talk about the city’s African American history, many speak of the black shipyard workers who were relocated to inner North and Northeast after the 1948 Vanport flood. Fewer know … Continue reading →

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Black History Film “Local Color” Rereleased

Posted on July 19, 2008 by admin2

Hi Will, We haven’t been keeping a real accurate tally but, as near as we can figure it, OPB has donated around 350 copies of Local Color to libraries, schools & civic organizations. We are also working to make the … Continue reading →

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