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African American women -- Oregon -- Portland

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Oral history interview with Kathryn Hall Bogle

 Collection
Identifier: SR 442
Abstract Oral history interview with Kathryn Hall Bogle, conducted by Rick Harmon in 15 sessions from June 26, 1985, to March 28, 1986. Bogle discusses her life and experiences as a Black woman in 20th-century Portland, Oregon; her work as a journalist in Portland; her work with organizations such as the Boys and Girls Aid Society and Good Samaritan Hospital; and the life and career of her son, Dick Bogle, who was the first Black television broadcaster in Oregon, and served on the Portland City...
Dates: 1985 June 26-1986 March 28

Beatrice Morrow Cannady draft speech for NAACP convention

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Identifier: Coll 1080
Abstract

Handwritten draft of a speech that Beatrice Morrow Cannady (1889-1974) delivered at the 1928 National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) convention in Los Angeles, California. The draft is written in pencil. Cannady, a Black journalist and activist who lived in Portland, Oregon, from 1912 to 1938, edited the newspaper The Advocate, was a founding member of the Portland chapter of the NAACP, and advocated for Black Oregonians' civil rights.

Dates: 1928

Beatrice Morrow Cannady family papers

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Identifier: Coll 702
Abstract Papers of Beatrice Morrow Cannady (1889-1974) and her family, primarily her son George Cannady (1914-1968) and her third husband, Reuben A. Taylor (1900-1972). Papers include correspondence, photographs, and ephemera. Beatrice Morrow Cannady, a Black journalist and activist who lived in Portland, Oregon, from 1912 to 1938, edited the newspaper The Advocate, was a founding member of the Portland chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), and advocated...
Dates: circa 1890-1984

Laura Jenkins Landers and Susie Jenkins Stokes papers

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Identifier: Coll867
Abstract

Papers relating to Laura Jenkins Landers (1908-2009) and Susie Jenkins Stokes (1915-2003) and their families. The sisters were born in Sicily Island, Louisiana, and were among the Black workers who moved to the Portland, Oregon, area in the 1940s. They worked in the shipyards during World War II, and as domestic workers after the war.

Dates: circa 1930-1992