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Discrimination against African Americans -- Oregon

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

Oral history interview with Kernan H. Bagley

 Collection
Identifier: SR1236
Abstract

Oral history interview with Kernan H. Bagley conducted by Brent E. Turvey from February 9 to March 17, 1993, as part of the United States District Court Oral History Project. Bagley was a U.S. marshal in Portland, Oregon.

Dates: 1993 February 9-March 17

Oral history interview with Dorothy J. and Hurtis M. Hadley, Sr.

 Collection
Identifier: SR 1406
Abstract

Oral history interview with Dorothy J. Hadley and Hurtis M. Hadley, Sr., conducted by Sarah Harris on November 19, 2021. The Hadleys discuss owning and operating the Milwaukie Pastry Kitchen from 1977 to 1985. The Pastry Kitchen was the first Black-owned bakery in the state of Oregon.

Dates: 2021 November 19

Oral history interview with Rahel Nardos

 Collection
Identifier: SR12286
Abstract

Oral history interview with Rahel Nardos conducted by Sankar Raman and Maleya Luis on March 28, 2018, for The Immigrant Story. Nardos immigrated to the United States from Ethiopia in the 1990s to pursue a career in medicine. In 2010, she founded Footsteps in Healing, which provides health care to women in Ethiopia.

Dates: 2018 March 28

Oregon Black History Project records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2854
Abstract

Administrative records, research files, and photographs gathered and created by the Oregon Black History Project, a grant-funded project that culminated in the publication of the book "A Peculiar Paradise: A History of Blacks in Oregon, 1788-1940."

Dates: 1844-1981

Oral history interview with Roosevelt Robinson

 Collection
Identifier: SR1285-1
Abstract

Oral history interview with Roosevelt Robinson conducted by Clark Hansen from February 12 to March 10, 2002, as part of the United States District Court Oral History Project. Robinson was a judge on the Multnomah County Circuit Court.

Dates: 2004 February 12-March 10

Oral history interview with Felix Songolo

 Collection
Identifier: SR12289
Abstract

Oral history interview with Felix Songolo conducted by Sankar Raman on February 10, 2018, for The Immigrant Story. Songolo, the son of refugees from the Democratic Republic of Congo, immigrated to the United States with his family at age 4. They settled in Portland, Oregon, in 2004.

Dates: 2018 February 10