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STATEMENT BY GOVERNOR VIC ATIYEH
1983 m a rk s t h e f i f t y - s e v e n t h a n n i v e r s a r y o f o r g a n i z e d
e f f o r t s t o c e l e b r a t e t h e m o n th o f F e b r u a r y a s B la c k H i s t o r y
M o n th , i n i t i a t e d by D r. C a r t e r G. W o odson, f o u n d e r o f t h e
A s s o c i a t i o n f o r t h e S tu d y o f A f r o - A m e r ic a n L i f e a n d H i s t o r y .
T h ro u g h t h e c e l e b r a t i o n a n d r e c o g n i t i o n o f c o n t r i b u t i o n s
t o O re g o n by A m e ric a n s o f A f r i c a n a n c e s t r y : h i s t o r i c a l l y by
c o n t r i b u t i n g t o t h e d e v e lo p m e n t o f t h i s c o u n t r y ; c u l t u r a l l y by
b ro a d e n in g th e sc o p e o f m u s ic a l, l i t e r a r y , and a r t i s t i c
a c c o m p l i s h m e n t s ; a n d p r o f e s s i o n a l l y by b r i n g i n g a u n i q u e
p e r s p e c t i v e t o t h e w o rk e n v i r o n m e n t , t h e m o n th o f F e b r u a r y
t h u s s e r v e s t o b u i l d g o o d w i l l a n d u n d e r s t a n d i n g b e tw e e n p e o p l e
f o r th e g e n e r a l w e ll- b e in g o f a l l p e o p le in o u r s o c i e t y .
In t h i s s p i r i t , a s G o v e rn o r,
m o n th o f F e b r u a r y , 1983 a s
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PORTLAND, OREGON
Proclamation
th e
"BLACK HISTORY MONTH"
WHEREAS, th e month o f F e b ru a ry la a tim e t o re c o g n iz e th e c o n t r ib u t io n s
to o u r c u l t u r e and developm ent made by A m ericans o f A fr ic a n
a n c e s tr y ; and
n ? ° 5 e § ? n - 1 u r g e O re S ° n i a n s t o j o i n me i n t r i b u t e t o N a t i o n a l
B la c k H i s t o r y M onth a n d t o t h e m e s s a g e o f c o u r a g e , p e r s e v e r a n c e
fre e d o m , e q u a l i t y and j u s t i c e i t b r in g s to a l l o f u s .
WHEREAS, th e 1 9 0 0 's marked th e b e g in n in g o f a new c e n t u r y , and
o p tlm lu n re lg n o d f o r B la c k b u s in e s s e s in P o r t la n d ; and
WHEREAS, B la c k b u s in e s s p io n e e r s o f t h a t tim e In c lu d e d Waldo B o g le ,
b arb ersh o p owner and c i v i l r i g h t s le a d e r ; A. D. G r i f f i n ,
owner o f th e f i r s t B la c k newspaper In P o r t la n d ; W. D. A l l e n ,
o s m e r/o p e ra to r o f one o f P o r t l a n d 's p ro m in e n t h o t e ls ; and
Edward and W illia m R u th e r fo r d , in v e s t o r s and p ro p e rty ow ners;
and
V ic A t i y e '
G o v e rn o r
WHEREAS, th e s e and many o t h e r B la c k b u s in e s s p e o p le have c o n t r ib u t e d
to o u r c i t y th e s tr e n g th and sin ew needed to b u i l d a sound
economic l i f e th ro u g h o u t o u r co m m u n itie s;
NOW, THEREFORE, I , F r a n c is J . Iv a n c le , Mayor o f th e C i t y o f P o r t la n d ,
O reg o n, th e ''C it y o f R o se s", do hereby p ro c la im th e week
o f F e b ru a ry 2 0 - 2 7 , 19 8 3 , to be
B L A C K
B U S IN E S S
W EEK
in P o r t la n d , and u rg e a l l P o r t la n d e r s to J o in me In t r i b u t e
t o P o r t l a n d 's B la c k b u s in e s s p io n e e r s w ith s p e c ia l r e c o g n it io n
o f th e N a t io n a l B u s in e s s L eag u e, th e n a t i o n 's o ld e s t N a t io n a l
B u sin es s A s s o c ia t io n , founded In 1900 u n d er th e le a d e r s h ip
o f D r. B ooker T . W ash in g to n , and whose Oregon C h a p te r s tr e s s e s
economic develop m ent In th e b la c k cosm ainlty.
PORTL4ND OBSERVER
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