OHS publishes
Davis article
W illia m s Avenue looking North, taken in 1920. W illiam s Avenue was named fo r George W illiam s.
one of the three founders of the town of Albina. As a Judge, W illiam s freed a fam ily of slaves in
Oregon; as a United States Senator he wrote the Reconstruction Laws and lead the impeachment
attempt against President Johnson. His support of the 13th, 14th and 15th Ammendments and
especially his advocacy of Black voting rights cost him re-election. He later served as Mayor
of Portland.
This painting in the rotunda of the Oregon State Capitol Building shows Lewis and C lark talking
with Indians. Seated in the canoe, at the fa r right, is York, Captain Lew is’ Black servant who
served as an interpreter. Blacks were among those who explored and settled Oregon but not
among those who ruled it.
C L IA N M S « LA U N D f RERS
[H M ih tâ
1912
An article on Blacks in
Oregon appeared in the Sep
tember edition of the O re
gon Historical Q uarterly, en
titled "Sources for History
of Blacks in Oregon," was
w ritten
by
Lenwood
G.
Davis, an instructor in His
tory at Portland State U ni
versity. The purpose of the
article was to assess the
sources for the history of
Blacks in Oregon. The author
declared:
The
present
period
of
Black cultural consciousness
indicates quite clearly that
Blacks in Oregon are no
longer willing to reject their
cultural heritage and racial
identity. It is the task of
local and state institutions to
help locate and preserve all
available data relating to
Blacks in Oregon from their
earliest arrival in the terri
tory to the present. The
need for all the people of
Oregon to understand and
appreciate the role and ini
pact that Blacks have had on
helping build and develop
Oregon is critical. It is in
this context that the preser
vation and interpretation of
material on Blacks in Oregon
can be most meaningful. The
people of Oregon should tin
derstand the- historic, social,
and economic culture of the
Black experience.
Professor Davis is t h e
leading authority on the His
torv of Blacks in the state of
Oregon. He has done exten
sive research on Blacks in
the Beaver State. He pub
lished an exhaustive and
comprehensive bibliography,
"Blacks in the State of Ore
gon, 1788 1971." in 1971. h.
his article he stated that not
many people are aware that
th e re
w ere Black crew
members on Spanish,
lish and American ships
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cante to Oregon and the
Northwest Coast
between
1788 and 1842. Furtherm ore,
declared the history profes
sor. the first Black of doc
umented record in the Ore
gon Country was the per
sonal servant of Captain
Gray on his first expedition.
1787 88, one Marcus Lopez,
who was murdered at T il
lamoor
Bay.
August
16.
1788. by Indians.
According to the well doc
umented article.
Oregon's
first settlers were deter
mined that the slavery issue,
which was dividing the rest
of the United States, would
not be a problem in the
Oregon Territo ry.
In 1845,
the Provisional Government
had prohibited free Blacks
from residing in the region,
slated the article, but the
provisional laws at the time
were confined in their oper
alien to the district south of
the Columbia.
The w riter rites other
early
Black settlers, pio
rivers, ran ch ers, soldiers,
slaves and servants. Several
photos of Blacks are also
included in t ue article.
The Advocate was organized
in 1903 by ten w aiters at the
Portland Hotel. \ four page
weekly, it carried local and
national news and a six page
illustrated section from the
Baltim ore \fro -\m e rlc a n .
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Conference in Portland. March
9th and 10th at the coliseum
Travelodge. The local Guild
will be the host.
The group of ladies will
exchange ideas on developing
different type* of activities
designed
to
interpret
the
League's program, and the
development of more volun
teers.
The Conference w ill end
with a Mad Hatters Ball the
evening of March 10th. to In-
held at Jantzeit Beach Thun
derbtrd Ballroom from 9:00
p.m. to 2:00 a. i l l . The public is
invited to attend. Donations,
at $2.50 each, may be ob
tained at the Urban League
offices i Main or FtckB or from
any member of the Guild.
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athletic scholarship to Bowl
He has had two biMiks of
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yet his family and friends People" and "M y Point of
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at his choice to major in Fine paring a third.
Arts.
Although his paintings have
“The only painters I know been discribed as abstract,
are either white or dead." or Casey takes a slightly differ
“you can't make a
living ent approach to his work.
doing that,” was the standard
“I suppose you could say
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my paintings are primarily
“I would simply say, I love a b s tra c t,
w h a te v e r
that
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Casey didn't sink, and today
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He has had several one man ence.'
shows a t the prestigious
“I think one’s creative pur
Ankrum Gallery in Los A n suits work on two levels, one
geles. His oil paintings of the
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the
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"I'm
sure,
personally,
I
function on a very uncon
scious level, and have been
doing it so long that a certain
subliminal awareness has be
come an integral part of my
creativity.
“I can't say my paintings
are reflective of 'Black exper
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Blackness. They’re simply hu
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“More importantly is the
fact that I studied art form
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beginning.
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speak
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the
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“However, I was not aware
of this factor until I began to
understand my
Blackness.
During my college years I
went to school and tried to
digest all the data, as every
other student did. and tried
to achieve the set standards
of excellence," said Casey.
As a poet Casey feels his
writings are more reflective
of a 'Black experience.'
"I think it's because, a* a
poet I began w riting with the
renaissance of a number of
Black writers. I started w rit
ing seriously in the 60's,
which was a very strong time
for w riters like James Bald
win,
Richard
W righ t
and
Langston Hughes.
" It was during this time
that I really became aware of
my Blackness and
how it
related to life in this country.
Which is to say, I was more
attuned as a w riter than as a
painter.
“Sometimes I think that
acting is not a valid profes
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doing nothing is valid, if
that's your thing. M y acting is
a stepping stone toward learn
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ually I hope to become a
well-rounded filmmaker," said
Casey.
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cisco I enrolled in a course In
characterization a t the Uni
versity of California Extension
School, and a whole new
w orld
of c r e a tiv ity
was
opened for me.
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