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FIELD TO FACTORY’
Detroit, Dec. 16/PRNewswire/
- “ Field to Factory: Afro-American
Migration, 1915-1940,” will open at
the Museum o f African American
History on Saturday, January 14,
1995. It will continue through Sun
day, May 28, 1995.
The p h o to p an el ex h ib itio n ,
which includes oral histories and
personal artifacts, was donated to the
Museum by the Smithsonian Institu
tion.
Hundreds o f thousands o f Afri
cans, between the years o f 1915 and
1940, made the courageous decision
to leave the South and move to the
Urban North to seek a better life.
This mass exodus, in search o f better
wages, educational opportunities, and
more equitable treatment is known
as the Great Migration. It led to the
emergence o f large, predominantly
black, urban enclaves in the North.
This phenomenon changed the lives
o f m igrants and the structure o f
American society.
The exhibition has three sec
tions: Life in the South, The Journey
North, and the New Northern Urban
World.
The First section o f the exhibi
tion focuses on black southern home
and family life at the tum-of-the-
century. Life was a deadening round
o f sharecropping and debt, a lack o f
economic opportunity, and a poor
educational system. The African
American in the south was dominat
ed by “Jim Crow Laws” and segrega
tion, which offered little hope o f
equality.
W orld W ar I ushered a new era
o f industrial opportunity in the North.
As production demands increased,
N orthern industrialists turned to
Southern blacks. The promise o f
jobs and better wages persuaded thou
sands o f blacks to head north, by
train, bus, automobile and even ship.
The word o f these new possibilities
was spread by newspaper ads in the
Black press, labor recruiters travel
ing through the South, and through
letters from individuals who had pre
viously migrated. The North was in
fact, the promised land to may South
ern African Americans. The major
northern benefactors o f the great es
cape were Chicago, Kansas (City),
Detroit and W ashington, D.C.
The second part o f the exhibi
tion illustrates how migrants changed
Northern cities, it portrays the lures
o f Northern opportunity and traces
the journey through the accounts o f
three individuals.
The final section o f “Field to
Factory: focuses on the new lives o f
the migrants in the North. N ot every
one who made the move found hap
piness, and some even returned to the
South. This installation will be sup
plemented by the contextual associ
ation o f the Detroit legacy. Special
guided tours will be conducted dur
ing the exhibition.
Museum hours are from 9:30
a m . until 5:00 p.m., W ednesday
through Saturday, 1:00 p.m. until
5:00 p.m. on Sunday. The Museum
o f African American History, 313-
833-9800.
A Portland surgeon works with student physicians in a laboratory
session in the former Yugoslavia.
Furse Opposes Clinton
Rep. Elizabeth Furse, D-Ore.
is speaking out against President
Clinton for calling for a $25 billion
increase in defense spending.
“It is irresponsible to initiate
new spending, which will either add
to the deficit or rob other programs,”
Furse said, in a letter to the Presi
dent. “I am appalled that you would
suggest this increase at a time when
our schools are deteriorating, peo
ple are hungry, the number o f home
less Americans continues to grow
and our economic infrastructure is
still reeling from the excesses of the
Reagan military build-up.
“ My c o n stitu e n ts are h u rt
ing. W e are in g re a te r d a n g e r o f
civ il w ar on our stre e ts than we
are o f in te rn a tio n a l c o n flic t if
we d o n ’t m eet the need s o f our
citizen s.
“Additional funding for readi
ness, quality o f life enhancements
and pay raises can be and should be
paid for by reducing excessive force
structure, ending procurement o f
unnecessary Cold War weapons
systems and eliminating waste in
the Pentagon budget,” Furse said.
Currently, 54 percent o f the
federal discretionary budget is
spent on the military. Furse is call
ing on Clinton to immediately re
consider the new spending initia
tive.
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H EALTH
Pets Need Cold W eather Care
Cold, windy and icy conditions
can be expected during the winter
months. And while people are tak
ing precautions to keep their homes
warm and to drive safely the family
pet needs to be considered, too.
Oregon Humane Society offi
cials say animals who live outdoors
are particularly at-risk during cold
weather.
O utside pets need sh elter,
warm, dry blankets and extra help-
ings o f food to help them fight o ff the
effects o f the cold. Frequent checks
o f the p et's water bowl are also im
portant.
The hum ane society recom
mends that people with outdoor pets
bring them indoors whenever possi
ble during frigid weather, especially
at night. A garage or laundry room,
careful ly checked for poisonous sub
stances such as anti-freeze, can pro
vide temporary shelter for animals
not used to being indoors.
The society’s dog population
is presently at capacity. There are
77 dogs and puppies in need o f
homes. The cat population is also
quite high at this time.
Anyone interested in a pet
should visit the shelter at 1067N.E.
Columbia Blvd. in Portland from
11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through
Friday and 10 a m. to 6 p.m. on
Saturday and Sunday.
Humane Society Population Explodes
A huge influx o f dogs at the
Oregon Humane Society is being
attributed to the cold, stormy weath
er. The onset o f winter weather is
typically a time when the society
receives an increased number o f
unw anted anim als, p articu larly
dogs.
“ What makes this year bad is
we are still full o f cats due to the
prolonged kitten season. We are
still receiving 30 to 60 animals a
day for adoption and we are already
full,” said Sharon Harmon, society
Senior Program
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Washington County residents
:an get help and information with
Medicare and private insurance
daims from 14 new volunteers
joining the ranks o f Oregon s Se
nior Health Insurance Benefits As
sistance program.
About 200 volunteers state
wide provide insurance informa
tion, counseling and assistance to
medical beneficiaries including
claims filing assistance, policy
comparisons and referrals to ap
propriate state and federal agen
cies.
In Washington County, con
sumers who need the help can call
the Washington County Depart
ment o f Aging at 640-3489. In
other parts of the state, consumers
can call toll-free I -800-722-4134
operations director.
There are presently 76 dogs and
163 cats waiting for homes with many
kennels housing two or more dogs to
accommodate the demand for space.
The Oregon Humane Society
asks that people interested in making
a dog or cat part o f their family come
to the shelter at 1067 N.E. Columbia
Blvd. in Portland and look at the
large selection of animals waiting tor
homes.
The society also asks that it peo
ple can wait a week or more to bring
their pet to the shelter to do so
though no animal will be turned
away. The society has information
on pet placement for those who
need to find a new home for their
pet. The society also has gift certif
icates for those wishing to give the
gift o f love.
Potential adopters are urged to
visit the shelter or call for informa
tion at 285-7722, extension 215. Vis
iting hours are 11 a m. to 7 p.m.,
Monday through Friday and 10 a.m.
to 6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.
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In a recent study. Providence
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p e rfo rm in g g e n e ra l acu te care
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alies and maxillary defects. The
A m erican d e le g a tio n o p e ra te d
alongside their Croatian counter
parts in a Zagrob hospital exchang
ing information and operating tech
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“This was one o f those rare
opportunities to help those truly in
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The AAFPRS is the w orld’s
largest association o f plastic and
reconstructive surgeons. M embers
o f the Academy must be board-
certified surgeons.
Portland surgeon, Dr Tom D.
Wang, has just returned from a week
long humanitarian mission in Croatia
as part o f a five surgeon team. These
doctors, members o f the American
Academy o f Facial Plastic and Re
constructive Surgery, operated on
dozens o f children in the former
Yugoslavia. The patients, most o f
them victims o f the ongoing conflict,
suffer from post-traumatic disfigure
ment including blast wounds from
grenades or injuries from high veloc
ity bullets. Among the many proce
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