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Racial & Ethnic Approaches to Community Health
A program of the African American Health Coalition, Inc.
Sponsored by the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
Wellness Within REACH: Mind, Body, and Soul
Activity Calendar
Black History Month
Ku Klux Kian Foraged
Deep Roots in Oregon
building w as funded by the Ku ceal their true identity.
Klux Kian.
Slow ly O regon began to let g o o f
protection at th eir place o f busi
In 1926, a Portland African A m eri its K ian affiliations. P ortland re
ness and em ploym ent during the can n ew sp ap er. T h e A dvocate,
moved racist exclusionary laws from
day, we hum bly pray your honor to printed a scathing article accusing their books and cleaned up som e o f
prevent in o u r state, and o rganiza the C atholic C hurch o f being racist. the prejudicial language in city
tion and public dem onstration o f T he article titled “ K .K .K . and the codes, law s and o th er areas.
the said [KKKJ under any pretext K ath o lics” pointed out that the
T hough things have greatly im
w h atso ever.”
church w as segregated at the time. proved over the last century, there
W hen a large
applying to o get * •••
in w ill alw ays be room fo r im p ro v e
— ~ group
• o f black B lack
— children
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Portlanders picked a comm ittee to go C atholic schools in V ancou ver and
m ent. S m all w h ite s u p re m a c y
before the city m ayor in protest o f a P ortland w ere den ied access. R u
groups still attem pt to thrive in sm all
KKK parade in dow ntow n Portland m ors o f a K .K .K . and C atholic co n
com ers o f o u r nation.
they faced threats from Kian m em nection began circulating.
H ow ever, they are now facing a
bers. A black minister. Reverend
S om e o f the m ost extrem e cases new problem . A sians, H ispanics,
M oses Riley w ho was on the com o f racial prejudice w ere found in
and other populations have jo in e d
mittee was threatened by Portland sm all com m unities such as C oos m in o rity b lack s. T h e H isp an ic
Klansmen because white people also Bay and M edford w here the Ku
population has recently outgrow n
a tte n d e d h is
,____________
th a t o f A frican
church and were
A m ericans. T he
seen going in
3 0 - p lu s
year
and out o f his
g r o w th o f th e
home.
A s ia n p o p u la
C o n ti n u e d
tion continues to
th reats rained
rise.
upon any A fri
M any believe
can A m erican
that in the next
w h o tr ie d to
100 to 200 years,
m o v e in to a
the w hite p o p u
w h ite n e ig h
— E lizabeth M cL agan, in h er book P eculiar Paradise
lation could find
borhood. How- _______________
itself in a m in o r
ever, as E liza
ity situation.
beth M cL agan states in her book Klux Kian was strong and the num
T ry as they m ay, organizations
Peculiar Paradise, “ .. the blackcom - ber o f blacks w as sm all. In larger
like the Ku K lux K ian and the
niunity w as arm ed and prepared for tow ns such as Salem and Portland K nights o f the G olden C ircle w ill
the Kian, and protected individuals A frican A m ericans had the advan
m ost likely get sm aller and sm aller
w hose properly w as threatened." tage o f larger populations, churches until they are snuffed out like sm all
A controversy arose in 1921 in and other organizations that held candles in the tum ultuous w inds o f
regards to a Y W C A that w as p ro them together.
peace, love and harm ony.
posed on the c o m er o f W illiam s
W hile states surrounding O r-
T he m ore diverse this nation
and T illam ook streets. A fter being o egon, such as C alifornia and W ash- becom
uccum es,
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m ore
ore m
the e nation
nation is
is
in a portable building for five years ington had laws banning Kian m em - held responsible for allow ing those
the city council finally allow ed a hers from w earing hoods, in the late o f all races, creeds and colors the
perm anent building to be built.
19th and early 20th centuries, O r sam e advantages w hites have al
But plans for the Y W C A to serve egon had not. T hroughout the early w ays had.
both blacks and w hites as a segre h a lf o f the 20th century, O regon
A s our founding docum entation
gated facility proved controversial, K .K .K . m em bers still had the legal so boldly points out, “A ll m en (and
fueled fu rther by rum ors that the right to c o v er th eir heads and con- w om en) are created eq u al.”
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Kian and protected individuals
whose property was threatened.
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Dr. Ben Carson is the world-renowned director o f pediatric neurosurgery at The Johns Hopkins
Medical Institutions in Baltimore, Maryland. H e has pioneered techniques fo r separating
conjoined twins an d fo r stopping intractable seizures. • As N A S A ’ s first African American female
astronaut, Dr. M ae Jem ison helped conduct life science experiments aboard the Space Shuttle
Endeavour that were designed to help prepare hum ans fo r long-term space ventures. • In 1998,
Dr. D avid Satcher became only the second person in history to hold simultaneously
the positions o f U.S. Surgeon General and Assistant Secretary fo r Health. • Dr. Samuel L.
K ountz, Jr., developed a crucial technique fo r detecting and treating the body’s rejection o f
transplanted kidneys. • A pioneer in cardiac surgery, Dr. D aniel Hale W illia m s performed
the first open-heart surgery in 1893 when he removed a knife from the heart o f a stabbing victim.
He also helped fo u n d a training school fo r nurses. • Dr. Louis T. W rig h t gained national
acclaim as both a premier surgeon a nd a champion o f equal rights. In 1919, he became the
BLACK HISTORY
MONTH
We salute the countless contributions
that African Americans have made
toward healthier lives for us all.
first African American doctor appointed to the sta ff o f a m unicipal hospital in New York City.
• Dr. Charles R. D rew 's pioneering work in blood plasma research and in blood banking was
responsible fo r saving innumerable lives during World War II. • Dr. A lexia Irene Canada
became the first African American woman to be certified by the American Board o f Neurological
Surgery. She has taught at several distinguished institutions. • One o f Am erica’s most eminent
biologists o f the 20th century, Dr. Ernest E. Just unrote a book titled “The Biology o f the Cell
Surface that contributed important insights into germ cells__
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Providence Newberg Hospital • Providence Seaside Hospital • Providence Hood River Memorial Hospital
Providence Medford Medical Center • Providence Health Plans • www.providence.org/oregon