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Black History Month
February 6, 2008
B lack H istory M onth
PORTLAND,OREGON
Building Bridges, Breaking Barriers
A Celebration o f African-American Music
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Concordia University Choral Ensembles &
Pastor Derrick Traylor and JEREMIAH
Benefiting Rchoboth World Healing Center
{ Saturday, February 2 3 , 7pm }
Sweet Honey In The Rock performers (clockwise from top left) Aisha Kahlil, Carol Maillard, Shirley
Childress Saxton, Ysaye Barnwell, Nitanju Bolade Casel and Louise Robinson.
St* Michaels Lutheran Church: 6700 NE 29th Ave
Portland OR 97211
Donations Appreciated
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Intricate Sound Returns
Sweet Honey
In The Rock
to hit Portland
Touring their new CD “Experi­
ence 101," Grammy Award-winners
Sweet Honey In The Rock return to
the Schnitz Friday, Feb. 8, after a
three-year absence.
Rooted in adeeply held commit­
ment to create music out of the rich
textures of African-American tradi­
In the best and in the hardest of
tions, Sweet Honey In The Rock times, Sweet Honey In The Rock
possesses a stunning vocal prow­ has come in song to communities
ess that captures the com plex across the U.S., and around the
sounds of blues, spirituals, gospel world raising her voice in hope,
hymns, rap, reggae, African chants, love, justice, peace and resistance.
hip-hop. ancient lullabies and jazz Sweet Honey invites her audiences
to open their minds and hearts and
improvisation.
Sweet Honey’s collective voice, think about ourselves and our fel­
occasionally accompanied by hand low creatures on this planet. Tick­
percussion instruments, produces ets are on sale through Ticketmas­
a sound filled with soulful harmo­ ter, the PCPA box office or by phone
at 503-224-4400.
nies and intricate rhythms.
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MR. GEO P. RILEY,
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TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 26th 187«.
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S ubject —“The Colored Citizen and the Ballot.” What he will
do with it—A review of the Past and Present—The Ballot and a
glimpse of our future position.
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A D M IS S IO N F IF T Y C E N T S ,
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Doors open at 7 o’clock; Speaking to commence at 8 o’clock. Pre«» and Clergy respectfully invited.
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IRS-certified AARP Tax-Aide and CASH Oregon volunteers
are available throughout the Portland Metro area to assist
low and middle income individuals, families and seniors file
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Dozens of conveniently-located sites are open
Feb. 1 through April 15 across the Portland Metro area.
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Local printer George H. Himes produced this poster in April 1870 to publicize an upcoming lecture
by Portland resident George P. Riley.
Blacks Celebrate Ratification
But many local, national problems remain
by
M elinda J ette /T he O regon H istorical S ociety
G e o rg e P. R ile y 's P o rtla n d le c tu re on A pril
26, 1870 fo llo w e d a talk in S a le m on Jan. 1, and
both sp e e c h e s w ere in te n d e d to d ra w a tte n tio n
to im p o rta n t m ile sto n e s in A fric a n -A m e ric a n
history.
Riley d elivered his initial lecture at the Salem
celebration com m em orating the seventh a n n iv e r­
sary o f the E m ancipation Proclam ation, w hich
freed slaves in the C onfederate States. H e gave
the second lecture a few w eeks after P o rtla n d 's
“ R atification Ju b ilee," w hich celeb rated the pas­
sage o f the 15th A m endm ent, the am en d m en t that
ex tended voting rights to black m en in the U nited
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PHOTO COURTESY OF THE O R E G O N HISTORICAL SOCIETY
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S tates.
D uring the R econstruction period ( 18 6 6 - 1877),
w hich follow ed the C ivil W ar. A frican A m ericans
in O regon rem ained a sm all m inority. In 1870
there w ere approxim ately 318 A frican A m eri­
cans in the state, 154 o f w hom lived in Portland.
T his group faced legalized discrim ination, w ide­
spread racial prejudice, and local attem pts to
enforce segregation in the develo p in g public-
school system .
T his history o f legalized racial discrim ination
in O regon dated back to the 1840s and ‘50s
w hen both the P rovisional and T erritorial G o v ­
ern m en ts banned slavery w hile also excluding
free blacks from residing legally in O regon. In
the d ecad es follow ing the C ivil W ar, the O r­
egon S tate L egislature d eclined to ratify the
14th and 15th A m endm ents to the U .S. C o n sti­
tution, the am endm ents w hich ex tended basic
citiz e n sh ip rights to A frican A m ericans.