Black History Month: 450 Years of Oregon's Black History
Saturday, February 22
3:00pm - 4:00pm
North Portland Library
North Portland Large Community Room 2A1 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 | Teens | Kids and Family | Adults 50+ | Adults |
EVENT TYPE: | Lectures | English | Cultural celebrations | Black/African American |
TAGS: | Oregon Black Pioneers |
North Portland Library
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