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Oral history interview with Maria Garcia conducted by Maleya Luis on June 10, 2018, for The Immigrant Story. Garcia immigrated to the United States from Mexico in the 1990s and became an American citizen in 2010. She opened Revolución Coffee House in Portland, Oregon.

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Oral history interview with Liliana Luna conducted by Dora Totoian and Sankar Raman on July 12, 2019, for The Immigrant Story. Luna migrated to the United States with her family as a child and attended Portland State University under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals policy.

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 Susie Shepherd conducted by Erin Sexton and Jamie Walton on November 4, 2000, for the Gay and Lesbian Archives of the Pacific Northwest (GLAPN). Shepherd talks about her involvement with the Portland Town Council, about coming out as a lesbian on the Portland television show "Town Hall," and about her involvement with the Leather community.

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Oral history interview with Libby Solomon conducted by Jim Strassmaier from October 25 to November 22, 1989, as part of the United States District Court Oral History Project. Solomon was a civil rights activist and a writer.

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Oral history interview with Jerry Weller conducted by Libbey Austin on May 10, 2007, for the Gay and Lesbian Archives of the Pacific Northwest (GLAPN). Weller was a gay and civil rights activist in Portland, Oregon.