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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 | Teens | Kids and Family | Adults 50+ | Adults |
EVENT TYPE: | Lectures | English | Cultural celebrations | Black/African American |
TAGS: | Oregon Black Pioneers |
| Mon, Jan 20 | Closed |
| (Martin Luther King Jr. Day ) | |
| Tue, Jan 21 | 12:00PM to 8:00PM |
| Wed, Jan 22 | 10:00AM to 6:00PM |
| Thu, Jan 23 | 10:00AM to 6:00PM |
| Fri, Jan 24 | 10:00AM to 6:00PM |
| Sat, Jan 25 | 10:00AM to 6:00PM |
| Sun, Jan 26 | 12:00PM to 5:00PM |
