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Black Pioneers of the
Oregon Country
February - March 14
Visitors can see old medical
instruments and salves and can
practice making old fashioned
splints. The End of the Oregon
Trail Interpretive Center is lo
cated at 1726 Washington St.
in Oregon City. Call 503/657-
9336, ext. 0. Their website
address
is
called “ T ribute to Black
Women” in the Vanport Room,
SMC 333. The event will be on
Wednesday, Feb. 14 at 7 p.m.
and sponsored by the Kappa
Alpha Psi Fraternity.
The End of the Oregon T rail
Interpretive Center will fea
ture the exhibit “Black Pio
OSU’s Visiting
neers of the Oregon Country”
Writers Series
which runs throughout Febru
ary until March 14 in honor of WWW,endoftheoregontrail.org. Thursday, Feb. 15
One of the nation’s most
Black History Month. The Pio
Tribute to Black
neer Family of the Month ex
noted African American poets
hibit is on the Hammer Family. Women
will read form her works on
In the Willamette Trades & Wednesday, Feb. 14
Thursday, Feb. 15 in Corvallis
Craft Workshop, there will be
Portland State University will as part o f O regon State
hhands-on activities, present be honoring Black Heritage University’s Visiting Writers
ers that will focus on medicine, Month with a presentation Series. Toi Derricotte, who has
published four books of po
etry, will give a reading at the
Corvallis Arts Center begin
ning at 7:30 p.m. The center
is located at 700 SW. Madi
son in Corvallis. The event is
free and open to the public.
She will also meet informally
with students at 3 p.m. on
Thursday in the Malamud
Room of Moreland Hall.
A Gospel Explosion
Saturday, Feb. 17
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An African American quilt depicting black history.
(P hoto courtesy of OHS)
discuss titles of interest to Af
rican - Americans. The event
will take place at NE. 13th and
Broadway, 7 p.m. For more
information on the current
month’s title, call 503/335-
0201.
The New Hope Mission
African American
ary Baptist Church, located
at 3725 N. Gantenbein St. Arts and Literature
will host the Gospel Explo Tuesday, Feb. 20
sion at 6 p.m. on Saturday,
Portland StateUniversity will
Feb. 17. This year’s theme is feature a talk entitled “Afri
called “The Making of an can-American Arts and Lit
American Tapestry.”
erature” by Savon Lindsay who
began writing poetry as a sec
The Sunday Book
ond grade student. Of his pub
Group
lic readings, it is said that he
Sunday, Feb. 18
“leads his audience through the
The Sunday Book Group inferno and maximum security
is Barnes & Noble’s monthly prisons, street gangs, crack
book group where they will houses and body bags at the
' “T u e s - Fri 9 am - (> pm / Sat. 8am - 6 pm
morgue. This program will be
shown on Tuesday, Feb. 20
from 1 - 3 p.m. at PCC’s
Central Portland Workforce
Training Center at SE. Clay
and Water St. near OMSI.
PGE African
American Network
Wednesday, Feb. 21
All PGE employees and lo
cal community are invited to
attend a talk on the African
American perspective in the
media. Local television, radio
broadcasters and newspaper
journalists (including Renee
Mitchell and Michael Otley of
the “Oregonian”) are sched
uled to attend. This event will
be held at Two World Trade
Center plaza, located at
SW First and Salmon,
from noon - 1:30 p.m.
Dean's Barber ß
Shop
Honors Black History Month
Agent ■
6527 NE MLK, Jr. Boulevard
Suite A
Portland, OH 97217
A.D. Williams • Horace Simpson • (503) 282-2920
213 N.l . Hancock Portland. OR 972
Federal Agency
Celebrates Black
History Month
Wednesday, Feb.
21
Roy Jay, president and
chief executive officer of
the Oregon Convention
and Visitor Services Net
work will speak. Featured
entertainment will be the
Grant High School gospel
choir, the Bridge Builders