Page 2. Section II, Portland Observer. February 10. 1988
Bonneville Power Administration
We put a lot of “energy
into developing human resources
you are interested in information concerning
current openings with
C arter G W oodson (1875-1950)
FATHER OF AFR IC AN A M E R IC A N HISTORY
" If a race has no history, it has no worthwhile
tradition, it becomes a negligible factor in the
thought of the world, and it stands in danger
of being exterm inated/’
- carter g . Woodson
Bonneville Power Administration
You may contact either the
Equal Employment Opportunity Office, (503) 230
or the Personnel Office at (503) 2 3 0 -3 0 5 5
Carter G. Woodson (1875-1950), the Father of
Black History, organized the Association for
the Study of Negro Life and History in 1910.
He obtained a Ph.D. from Harvard in 1912 and
in 1926 he established the month of February
as Negro History Week, which later became
"B lack History M o n th ."
or (503) 2 3 0 -4 7 0 5
Bonneville Power Administration
P.O. Box 3621
Portland, Oregon 97208
EDITOR'S NOTE: With respect to Dr. Carter G. Woodson for his recognition of
the interrelationship between race and history, we believe that if Dr. Wo° J s9n ^ er®
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cimnnrt the re naming of Black History Month to
Dr. William Edward
Burghardt DuBois
1868 -1963
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switch and socket
and wrote the first
textbook on the Edi­
son electric system.
During Black His­
tory Month, AT&T is
especially proud of
the contributions of
Lewis Litimer and
other Black Ameri­
cans. We re also
proud to have a his­
Lew is Litimer, a tal­
tory of providing an
ented Black drafts­
ust look into the
environment in
man and inventor
history of AT&T,
w hich every person
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draw
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accom­
and vou ¡I find that
can reach his or her
panied the patent
the story of our
fullest potential.
application that
beginnings could
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started this whole
be w ritten in Black
ward
to new genera­
business of tele­
history hot iks.too.
tions of pioneers, it s
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good t< > rem em ber
As an associate
man w ho drew the
the gains that people
of Thomas Edison,
plans for Alexander
Litimer also patented like l ew is Litimer
Graham Bell’s first
already have brought
an electric lamp
telephone set was
Black history
is part of
our history.
We shall hardly induce Black men to believe
that if their stomachs be full,
if matters little about their brains.
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MENTAL HEALTH CENTER. INC
W orking to Make a Difference
310 Ñ .E. Oregon Street
Portland, OR 97232
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