Civil rights -- Oregon -- Portland
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
NAACP of Portland, Oregon records
Collection
Identifier: Mss2004
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...
Dates:
1942-1989; Majority of material found within 1959-1989
Oral history interview with Libby Solomon
Collection
Identifier: SR1231
Abstract
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.
Dates:
1989 October 25-November 22
Thomas R. Vickers NAACP papers
Collection
Identifier: Coll815
Abstract
Papers, newspaper issues and clippings, photographs, and scrapbooks concerning the Portland, Oregon branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and Thomas R. Vickers, who served as the branch president from 1967-1971.
Dates:
1967-1971