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Racism -- United States

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Oral history interview with Joyce Braden Harris

 Collection
Identifier: SR1786
Abstract

Oral history interview with Joyce Braden Harris conducted by Jan Dilg from November 18 to December 12, 2018. Harris discusses her work as an educator in Portland, Oregon, and particularly her advocacy for black students.

Dates: 2018 November 19-December 12

Oral history interview with James K. Logan

 Collection
Identifier: SR 1932
Abstract

Oral history interview with James K. Logan conducted by Toni R. Black Cloud from April 12 to May 23, 2002, as part of the Radical Elders oral history series. Logan discusses his early life as a homeless teenager, his recovery from alcoholism and drug addiction, and his involvement with the American Indian Movement.

Dates: 2002 April 12-May 23

Oral history interview with Lori Stegmann

 Collection
Identifier: SR12290
Abstract

Oral history interview with Lori Stegmann conducted by Sankar Raman and Alia Burck on September 7, 2018, for The Immigrant Story. Stegmann was born in South Korea and adopted by an American family through the Oregon-based aoption agency Holt International. She was a Republican politician and served on the Gresham City Council from 2010 to 2016. She was elected as a Multnomah County commissioner in 2016, and she changed her party affiliation to Democratic in 2018.

Dates: 2018 September 7

Extracts from U.S. Senate speeches regarding a Chinese exclusion bill

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 921
Abstract

Printed extracts of speeches regarding an 1882 bill to prohibit Chinese immigration to the United States for 20 years, as well as vote tallies and U.S. President Chester A. Arthur's veto message. The bill referred to in this item failed to override presidential veto, but a modified version, which barred Chinese laborers from entering the United States for 10 years, passed as the Chinese Exclusion Act later that year, was renewed in 1892, made permanent in 1902, and repealed in 1943.

Dates: 1882