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February 15, 2017 BLACK HISTORY MONTH Page 19 Housing Named for Civil Rights Pioneer c ontinued from p age 6 1922 and became Oregon’s first African American woman to practice law. In 1932, she ran for the Oregon House of Represen- tatives—the first African Amer- ican to run for elected office in Oregon. Despite not being able to vote herself (African Ameri- cans were not allowed to vote in Oregon in 1932), Morrow-Can- nady earned 8,000 votes. Al- though she did not win the seat, she continued to work tirelessly to improve race relations. She gave hundreds of lectures to white high school and col- lege students and was invited to speak on KGW, KOIN and other radio stations. She also hosted multicultural tea parties at her home every Sunday afternoon which combined entertainment, cultural history and politics. The assemblies received such a pos- itive response that as many as 200 people would attend. For updated information about The Beatrice Morrow and other PCRI developments, visit pcrihome.org. It Does Good Things TM This page is sponsored by Oregon Lottery C alendar SUNDAY February 2017 MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY 1 National Freedom Day Robinson Crusoe Day First meeting of the U.S. Supreme Court (1790) 5 Weatherman’s Day Disaster Day Hank Aaron born, 1934 12 Judy Blume born, 1938 Abraham Lincoln born, 1809 (16th President) 19 Phonograph Patent- ed, Thomas Edison in 1878 26 Levi Strauss born, 1829 William F. Cody born, 1846 (Pony Express Rider) 6 7 Babe Ruth born, 1895 Monopoly Board Game Goes on Sale in Stores, 1935 Charles Dickens born, 1812 Laura Ingalls Wilder born, 1867 13 14 Get a Different Name Day First Public School established (1635) George Washington Gale Ferris born, 1859 Ferris Wheel Day 8 Boy Scouts’ Day (Founded 1910) Author Jules Verne born, 1828 15 Norman Bridwell born, 1928 Susan B. Anthony born, 1820 Valentine’s Day 20 President’s Day John Glenn Orbits Earth in 1962 Love Your Pet Day 27 Henry Wadsworth Longfellow born, 1807 International Polar Bear Day 21 Malcom X Assassi- nated (1965) Washington Mon- ument dedicated (1885) 28 Mardi Gras Public Sleeping Day Gold Seekers arrived in San Francisco (1849) R 22 George Washington born, 1732 Be Humble Day World Thinking Day FRIDAY 2 Groundhog Day Bottle Cap Patented in 1892 3 Elizabeth Blackwell born, 1821 (first female doctor) Vietnam War Ended (1973) 9 National Weather Service Est. (1870) Toothache Day 10 Umbrella Day Ratification of the 25th Amendment in 1967 (Presidential Succession) 16 Nylon Patented By DuPont in 1937 King Tut’s Burial Chamber opened in 1923 23 International Dog Biscuit Apprecia- tion Day U.S. Flag raised at Iwo Jima (1945) 17 Random Acts of Kindness Day National P.T.A. Founder’s Day (1897) SATURDAY 4 Facebook First Launched in 2004 as thefacebook.com Rosa Parks born, 1913 11 Thomas Edison born, 1847 National Inventors’ Day White T-Shirt Day 18 Former planet, Plu- to, Discovered By Clyde Tombaugh in 1930 24 25 Steve Jobs born, 1955 Wilhelm Carl Grimm born, 1786 Quiet Day Artist Pierre Auguste Renoir born, 1841