OREGON'S BLACK HISTORY: 450 YEARS IN 45 MINUTES
People of African descent have lived and worked in Oregon since before the founding of the earliest English-speaking settlements in the Americas. Despite this, the popular narrative of our state's history excludes the experiences of African Americans before the mid-20th century. This erasure is the result of historic legal and social marginalization that contributes to the ignorance of Oregon's Black heritage, as well as influences contemporary disparities in housing access, community investment, and policing. For this presentation, Oregon Black Pioneers speaker Mariah Rocker will attempt to correct the record by highlighting key individuals and events that characterize Oregon's unique and centuries-old Black history.
THURSDAY, JANUARY 30, 2025
7 PM - 8 PM
Museum of the Oregon Territory - 2nd Floor (Murdock Gallery)
211 Tumwater Dr.
Oregon City, OR, 97045
ADMISSION
2025 Admission to the Look Back Lecture Series is free thanks to the Union Pacific Railroad Grant.
Live, in-person, history programs are back at the Museum of the Oregon Territory with the Look Back Lecture Series! See experts recount histories from our region, ranging from culture and community to nature and ecology. Click this link to see what lecture series are coming next.
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