African Americans
Found in 44 Collections and/or Records:
Carnation Milk poster of Tigner quadruplets
Carnation Milk poster showing the Tigner quadruplets of Portland, Oregon, at age four. The Tigners were Black fraternal quadruplets born in 1946; they were sponsored by Carnation Milk for advertising purposes, though only two known advertisements featuring them were produced.
Challenge and progress (points of progress)
Jeannette McPherson Gates was a Northwest poet, author, teacher, and historian. She earned her MBA in 1949 and was active in the NAACP, Citizens for Inter-racial Understanding, and Democratic Women of Multnomah County. Collection consists of a typescript book regarding Gates' own life and the history of the civil rights movement.
Cheryl James Defense Committee records
Cheryl Dawn James was an 18-year-old African-American woman from Portland, Oregon. In 1971, she was convicted of assaulting an FBI agent who came to the James' residence to arrest her brother, Charles T. James Jr., who was absent without leave from the Navy. Collection includes correspondence, financial records, news clippings and ephemera regarding the case and the work of the Cheryl James Defense Committee Fund.
Letters from grandparents concerning the civil rights movement in the United States
Letters sent to second-grade students at Willamette Primary School in Portland, Oregon, from the students' grandparents, concerning the grandparents' experiences during the civil rights movement in the 1960s and 1970s.
Mercedes Deiz collection
Papers and photographs relating to the life and career of Mercedes Deiz (1917-2005), who became the first woman of color to be a judge in Oregon when she was appointed to a seat on the district court, and was also the first Black circuit court judge in the state. The collection also includes correspondence, photographs, and other materials relating to members of Deiz's family.
Dixon family photographs
Collection consists of six portraits of members of the Dixon family of Astoria, Oregon, and Seattle, Washington, dated from approximately 1870 to 1945. Roscoe Dixon and his wife, Theresa Dixon, were early Black residents of Astoria. Roscoe Dixon owned Roscoe’s First Class Oyster Saloon in Astoria in the 1880s.
Robin J. Dunitz research files on Black muralists in Portland, Oregon
Research files of Robin J. Dunitz concerning Black muralists from Portland, Oregon, and their work, including photographs of murals; information about artists Henry Frison, Charlotte Lewis, Isaka Shamsud-Din, Arvie Smith, and Thelma Johnson Streat; information concerning the Albina Mural Project; and records of the traveling exhibit "Walls of Heritage, Walls of Pride." Dunitz has studied and written about murals since the 1980s.
Oral history interview with Keith Edwards
Oral history interview with Keith Edwards, conducted by Noah Thomas in eight sessions, from November 4, 2013, to May 29, 2014, as part of the Oregon Labor Oral History Program. Edwards discusses his career as an electrician with the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 48, from his apprenticeship in the 1970s to his work as international business representative for the union.
Final report of the Black history of Portland project: an oral and pictorial essay
Mimeograph typescript report of the Black History of Portland Project, presented to the Joint Committee for the Humanities in Oregon and prepared by Jim Pettyjohn and Tom Unthank, 34 pages, 1972. The document reports on a project undertaken by a class, the Bucciarelli team, at John Adams High School, Portland, Oregon, to document the history of African-Americans in Portland.
Flowers family photographs
Collection consists of 27 original photographs and copy prints relating to the Flowers family of Portland, Oregon, dating from approximately 1860 to 1955. The Flowers family were early Black community leaders and entrepreneurs in Portland.