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African Americans In Oregon
African Americans in Oregon or Black Oregonians are residents of the state of Oregon who are of African American ancestry. In 2017, there were an estimated 91,000 African Americans in Oregon. History African-Americans, like Blacks in other states, were historically discriminated against, but much more strongly contrasted to the rest of the US. When Oregon became a state in 1859, it was the only US state restricting people of certain ethnic backgrounds from owning land. From 1844 to 1936 the Government of Oregon set up restrictions and laws prohibiting people of African descent from residing in the state, which has caused socio economic issues that still exist today. In the early 20th century, the African American population became heavily represented in the timber industry, transforming it into one of Oregon's most diverse trades. Notable African-American Oregonians * Tanya Barfield, playwright * Dick Bogle, first Black television reporter in the Pacific Northwest * Beat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
America Waldo Bogle
America Waldo Bogle (June 2, 1844 – December 28, 1903) was a pioneer in the Oregon Territory. She and her husband, Richard Arthur Bogle, were among the first Black settlers in Walla Walla, Washington. Early life America Waldo was born in Missouri on June 2, 1844. Her mother is believed to have been a slave of Missouri farmer John Waldo (1796–1849), and her father was a white man, probably either John Waldo or his brother Joseph (1805–1871). In 1854 America traveled by wagon train to Oregon with John Waldo's widow, Avarilla, and several other African Americans. They spent the winter with Avarilla's brother-in-law, Daniel Waldo, at his farm east of Salem. In the spring of 1855 they moved south to Douglas County where Avarilla established a Donation Land claim near Roseburg, Oregon. America remained in the Roseburg area for the next five years, during which time she met her future husband, Richard Arthur Bogle, a barber in Roseburg. In 1861 she returned with Avarilla to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beatrice Morrow Cannady
Beatrice Morrow Cannady (January 9, 1890 – August 19, 1974) was a renowned civil rights advocate in early 20th-century Oregon, United States. She was editor of the '' Advocate'', the state's largest African-American newspaper. She was also co-founder and vice president of the Portland, Oregon chapter of the NAACP. Early life Cannady was born Beatrice Hulon Morrow in Littig, Texas in 1890. She was the second-oldest daughter of George Morrow and Mary Francis Carter Morrow, farmers who raised their children to value education. Beatrice graduated from Wiley College. They had twelve surviving children; eleven daughters and one son. Morrow enjoyed singing from an early age. As a young woman, she moved to Chicago to study music with conductor David Clippinger. Career and civil rights In June 1912, Beatrice Morrow married Edward Daniel Cannady. He was the co-founder of ''The Advocate'', one of Portland, Oregon's first black-owned newspapers. The two had written to each other ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Native American Peoples Of Oregon
The Native American peoples of Oregon are the set of Indigenous peoples who have inhabited or who still inhabit the area delineated in today's state of Oregon in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. While the state of Oregon currently maintains relations with nine federally recognized tribal groups, the state was previously home to a much larger number of autonomous tribal groups, which today either no longer exist or have been absorbed into these larger confederated entities. Six of the nine tribes gained federal recognition in the late 20th century, after undergoing the termination and restoration of their treaty rights starting in the 1950s. History Explorers, fur traders, and Indigenous peoples No Native American group in the state of Oregon maintained a written language prior to the arrival of European Americans, nor for a considerable period thereafter. It is therefore necessary to make use of visitor accounts and the records and press of frequently hostile ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of African-American Newspapers In Oregon
This is a list of African-American newspapers that have been published in the state of Oregon. It includes both current and historical newspapers. Portland is the only city where such newspapers are known to have been published. The first was the ''Portland New Age'', founded as ''The New Age'' in 1896. Notable contemporary newspapers include ''The Observer'' and ''The Skanner''. Newspapers See also *List of African-American newspapers and media outlets *List of African-American newspapers in California *List of African-American newspapers in Nevada * List of African-American newspapers in Washington (state) *List of newspapers in Oregon Works cited * * * * References {{African American press Newspapers Oregon African-American African-American newspapers African-American newspapers (also known as the Black press or Black newspapers) are news publications in the United States serving African-American communities. Samuel Cornish and J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aminé
Adam Aminé Daniel (born April 18, 1994) is an American rapper, singer, and songwriter. He first gained notability for his commercial debut single, " Caroline", which peaked at number 11 on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart. Aminé released his debut studio album '' Good for You'', on July 28, 2017, and his second studio album, Limbo, on August 7, 2020. Early life and education Aminé is the son of an Ethiopian father and a Eritrean mother. Aminé's mother worked at a post office and his father was a teacher and translator part-time. Aminé was born and raised in the Northeast Portland neighborhood of Woodlawn. Aminé graduated from Benson Polytechnic High School, and attended Portland State University to study marketing before dropping out to focus on his music career full time. Aminé worked as an intern at the hip-hop publication ''Complex''. Career 2014–2015: Early career and career beginnings On January 17, 2014, Aminé began his music career after releasing his d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
McCants Stewart
McCants Stewart (July 11, 1877April 14, 1919) was an American lawyer. Born to a prominent attorney in New York, Stewart studied law in Minnesota and became the first African American lawyer in the state of Oregon. His lack of financial success in Oregon led him to eventually move to San Francisco, where failing vision led him to commit suicide. Living in the era of ''Plessy v. Ferguson'' and "separate but equal" doctrine, his life was said to "reflect an unyielding commitment to the principle of justice for all powerless people in the northwest."J. Clay Smith, Jr, ''In the Shadow of Plessy: A Portrait of McCants Stewart, Afro-American Legal Pioneer.'', 73 Minn. L. Rev. 495 (1988). Biography Early years Born in Brooklyn, New York, Stewart was the eldest son of T. McCants Stewart (1853–1923), a noted black lawyer, civil rights leader and confidant of Booker T. Washington, whose career took him from South Carolina to New York City, Hawaii, London to serving as an Associate Jus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harriet Redmond
Harriet Redmond (born circa 1862 – June 27, 1952), also known as Hattie Redmond, was an African-American suffragist who lived and worked in Portland, Oregon. Born in St. Louis, Missouri, she moved to Oregon at a young age where she then became an active member of the suffragist movement. Redmond is best known for her efforts as secretary and then president of the Colored Women’s Equal Suffrage Association. After Oregonian women gained the right to vote in 1912, Redmond remained politically active by working on the campaigns of various Republicans. Family background Hattie Redmond was the daughter of emancipated slaves, LaVinia Blue and Reuben Crawford. At the time of her birth, the couple lived in St. Louis, Missouri. The family moved from Missouri to Marysville, California in 1871, and then to Hood River, Oregon, permanently placing themselves in Portland in 1880. LaVinia, who went by Vina, had a brother who lived in California, and their intention as a family was to alway ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gladys McCoy
Gladys McCoy (February 28, 1928 – April 11, 1993) was an American politician who was the first African American elected to public office in the state of Oregon. Biography McCoy was born in 1928 in Chattanooga, Tennessee. She graduated from Talladega College in Talladega, Alabama, with a bachelor's degree in sociobiology. In 1967, she graduated with a master's degree in social work from Portland State University. McCoy was elected to the board of the Portland Public Schools in 1970, becoming the first black person elected to public office in Oregon, and serving until 1978. Her husband Bill was elected to the Oregon House of Representatives in 1972. McCoy was elected to the Multnomah County Board of Commissioners in 1978, resigning in 1984 to unsuccessfully run for the Portland City Council. She successfully ran for county chair in 1986, serving until her death from thyroid cancer on April 11, 1993. The McCoys had seven children. Legacy McCoy Park in Portland is named for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Jordan (politician)
Charles Ray Jordan (September 1, 1937 April 4, 2014) was a Portland City Commissioner from 1974 until 1984. He was the first African-American city commissioner in Portland, Oregon, and is the namesake of the Charles Jordan Community Center. Early life Jordan was born in 1937 in Longview, Texas. He graduated from Palm Springs High School in 1956 and received a basketball scholarship to Gonzaga University. Graduating in 1961, Jordan earned a Bachelor of Science degree in education, sociology, and philosophy and later attended graduate studies at both Loma Linda University and the University of Southern California. Career During the 1960s, Jordan served in the parks and recreation department for the City of Palm Springs and became an assistant to the City Manager. In 1970, Jordan moved to Portland to help with the federal anti-poverty Model Cities Program. City Council Members of Portland city council appointed Jordan to a seat vacated by commissioner Lloyd Anderson on the city c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brandon Gonzáles
Brandon Gilbert Gonzáles (born May 24, 1984) is an American former professional boxer. As an amateur, he was the top rated U.S. middleweight. He is of Mexican and African American heritage. Amateur career Gonzales began boxing at 19 as a U.S. National Team member and went to have an amateur record of 56–7. He won the 2004 Golden Gloves, was a Finalist at the 2005 U.S. National Championships and was ranked as America's No. 1 ranked light heavyweight amateur boxer. Slated for the US Olympic Team in 2004 he withdrew to begin his professional career in 2007. While boxing as an amateur he worked as a janitor at Arco Arena. Professional career On January 29, 2010 Gonzales won a fight against veteran Dumont Welliver by T.K.O., the fight was on the undercard of ESPN's Friday Night Fights. He maintained an unblemished streak of 17 wins until his bout with Thomas Oosthuizen that resulted in a draw. On October 28, 2011, he defeated Ossie Duran in the Main Event on Showtime's ShoBox ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dick Bogle
Richard Waldo Bogle Jr. (October 19, 1930 – February 25, 2010) was an American journalist and politician. He was the first black television news reporter in Oregon (as well as in the Pacific Northwest as a whole) and later served two terms as a Portland city commissioner. Early life Bogle was born in Portland in 1930 to Richard W. Bogle, a businessman, and Kathryn Hall Bogle, a journalist and activist. His great-grandparents, Richard Arthur and America Waldo Bogle, were some of the first black settlers in the Pacific Northwest. Growing up on Tibbetts Street, Bogle attended Hosford Grade School and graduated from Washington High School. He then attended Oregon State College and Vanport Extension Center (now Portland State University). Career After college, Bogle worked as an insurance fraud investigator. In 1952, he published a jazz review and an endorsement of Adlai Stevenson for U.S. president in the '' Portland Challenger'' newspaper, which was founded by William A. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
English Language
English is a West Germanic language of the Indo-European language family, with its earliest forms spoken by the inhabitants of early medieval England. It is named after the Angles, one of the ancient Germanic peoples that migrated to the island of Great Britain. Existing on a dialect continuum with Scots, and then closest related to the Low Saxon and Frisian languages, English is genealogically West Germanic. However, its vocabulary is also distinctively influenced by dialects of France (about 29% of Modern English words) and Latin (also about 29%), plus some grammar and a small amount of core vocabulary influenced by Old Norse (a North Germanic language). Speakers of English are called Anglophones. The earliest forms of English, collectively known as Old English, evolved from a group of West Germanic ( Ingvaeonic) dialects brought to Great Britain by Anglo-Saxon settlers in the 5th century and further mutated by Norse-speaking Viking settlers starting in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
