Use the library Community Learning
1 hour (45 minute presentation with time for Q&A) Need: Projector, Sound system with microphone, stand, and aux connection Max audience: 100 Seats in rows of chairs. (3 OBP logo options in media file)
People of African descent have lived and worked in Oregon since before the founding of the earliest English-speaking settlements in the Americas. Despite this, the popular narrative of our state's history excludes the experiences of African Americans before the mid-20th century. This erasure is the result of historic legal and social marginalization that contributes to the ignorance of Oregon's Black heritage, as well as influences contemporary disparities in housing access, community investment, and policing. For this presentation, Oregon Black Pioneers will attempt to correct the record by highlighting key individuals and events that characterize Oregon's unique and centuries-old Black history.
AGE GROUP: | Tweens | Adults 50+ | Adults |
EVENT TYPE: | Lectures | English | Black/African American |
TAGS: | Oregon Black Pioneers |
Mon, Sep 15 | 10:00AM to 6:00PM |
Tue, Sep 16 | 12:00PM to 8:00PM |
Wed, Sep 17 | 12:00PM to 8:00PM |
Thu, Sep 18 | 10:00AM to 6:00PM |
Fri, Sep 19 | 10:00AM to 6:00PM |
Sat, Sep 20 | 10:00AM to 6:00PM |
Sun, Sep 21 | 12:00PM to 6:00PM |