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The African American community protests the Portland School Board in 1 9 8 2 over a site selected for
Harriet Tubman Middle School. School board member James Fenwick (right) calmly picked up his
papers from his desk and left the meeting room. Standing on the desk and leading protestors in
Chants o f You’d better go home because we a in’t ” is leader o f Black United Front, Ronnie Herndon.
Fort Honors Black Soldiers
continued
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sight into the history of our
com m unity and our nation. It is
our hope that, by reintroducing
their story back into our com
m unity, we are helping to make
this voiceless group part of our
consciousness, and helping to
make the park even more sig
nificant to a wider audience.”
The public is invited to join
Shine for his presentation at the
Fort Vancouver Visitor Center at
1501 E. Evergreen Blvd. Admis
sion is free, but a reservation is
required by cal ling 360-696-7655
extension 10. as seating is limited
to 40 people.
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The Fort Vancouver burial site o f Moses Williams, a Buffalo
Soldier awarded the Congressional Medal o f Honor.
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5736 N.E. 33rd Ave. ■ P ortland
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Interstate Firehouse Cultural Center
presents
G ras 2005
Unnecessary
Saturday, February 12, 2005
7 0 0 pm - ITOO pm
C ostumes
w elcom e , masks required
(M asks available at door for nom inal fee )
T ickets : $40 per person , or 2 for $75
R eservations : 503.823.4322
Featuring celebrity host Matt Zaffino, live music from
Dixieland Jazz band “Everything’s Jake,” and live auction
of masks by renowned local artists. Complementary
wine, beer, and traditional Mardi Gras foods, including
fabulous King Cake of New Orleans. Proceeds to benefit
future multicultural programming at IFCC.
IFCC
5340 N Interstate Ave.
Portland, OR 97217
T riM e t Inte rstate M AX - Yellow Line
to K illin g sw o rth Station, or Bus #72
arriers
This luncheonette sign for a café on Denver Ave in north Portland, stating “We Cater to White
Trade Only, ’ was unfortunately a common site in 1943. In the 1920s, Beatrice Morrow Cannady,
owner and editor of one o f Portland's First African-American newspapers in the early 1900s, “The
Advocate,” played a key role in having hundreds o f the signs removed from eating houses. Still,
signs stayed up into the 1940s. Esther E. Skelton, president o f the YWCA Board o f Directors,
addressed the issue of discriminatory signs, asking members to “combat this vicious practice,
and help to implement our fundamental belief in the democratic way o f life and in the worth and
dignity of human personality." While the removal o f signs did not combat racism, it was a step
toward granting basic rights toward African Americans.
Doctoring the Restless
Dr. DeNorval Unthank, a noted physician at
Good Samaritan, Providence, St. Vincent
and Emanuel Hospitals, speaks during
Albina neighborhood unrest in 1967. While
opening his practice in 1930, Unthank
faced housing and office discrimination. He
became an ardent activist for civil rights, co
founding the Portland Urban League and
serving as president o f the Portland chapter
o f the NAACP. A north Portland park was
named in Unthank's honor after a neighbor
hood committee decided there was a need
for a park in that location.
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