Abstract Founded in 1914, the Portland, Oregon, branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) works to empower and engage people of color in the Portland area. The collection demonstrates organizational activities related to important topics in the Portland area, such as housing, education and labor. A majority of the collection consists of publications from 1959 through 1989, with a smaller quantity of topical administrative materials, correspondence, meeting...

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Oral history interview with Russell Peyton conducted by Dan Malone from July 28 to August 12, 1987. Peyton worked as an investigator for the Civil Rights Division of the Oregon State Bureau of Labor, and later was executive director of the Metropolitan Human Relations Commission.

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Flyer from the Urban League of Portland providing evidence against claims that Black people moving into or attending church in majority-white neighborhoods would cause property values to decrease. The Urban League of Portland is a civil rights and advocacy organization for Black residents of Portland, Oregon, that was founded in 1945.