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The
Portland Observer Black HistOiy Month
February 17, 2010
Power through Education Portland Renewaland Removal
Myles Horton believed that edu
cation was the foundation for great
ness.
A civil rights aetivist and founder
o f the Highlander Folk School in
Monteagle, Tenn., in 1932, Horton
believed that the purpose o f educa
tion was to make people more pow
erful, and more capable in their work
and their lives.
For many years, the school was
the only place in the South where
white and African-American citi
zens lived and worked together,
something that was illegal in that
strictly segregated society.
His school was a free space in an Myles Horton
oppressive atmosphere - a place
where labor organizers, civil rights Luther King Jr., Andrew Young
activists, antipoverty workers and and Fanny Lou Hamer.
others assembled to develop solu
Horton’s school, now known as
tions and plans for forward progress. the Highlander Research and Edu
The list of students at Highlander cation Center, continues to be a
is a roll call o f social activists: Rosa catalyst for social change in the
Parks, Eleanor Roosevelt, Pete early 21st Century. Myles Horton
Seeger, Woody Guthrie, Martin died on Jan. 19, 1990.
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street sign explains Portland's historic Redline district.
o th ers - and a p ro c la m a tio n
signed by form er Portland Mayor
— after the Feb. 28 dedication — Bud Clark declaring Aug. 30,
will be known as the Rev. John H. 1987, as the Rev. John H. Jackson
Jackson Reading Room.
Day.
The collection paints a fasci
"We're very excited to officially
nating portrait o f a man deeply dedicate the Rev. Jackson Collec
com m itted to the welfare o f his tion," said Cascade Campus Presi
community.
dent Algie Gatewood. "Not only
Included in the co llectio n 's because he was such an impor
d o cu m en ts is c o rresp o n d en ce tant part o f Portland history, but
with noteworthy politicians o f the also because the collection will
d a y - including U.S. Sen. M arkO. remain as an academic and histori
Hatfield, Gov. Vic Atiyeh and cal resource for generations to
President Jim my Carter, among come."
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Black History Month gets center
stage during a History Pub series night
at McMenamins Kennedy School,
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“Renewal and Removal in North
and Northeast Portland” is the topic o f
the Monday, Feb. 22 discussion, co
sponsored by the Oregon Historical
Society and Holy Names Heritage
Center.
The 7 p.m. talk will focuses on the
dramatic changes brought upon the
predominantly African-American com-
m unity radiating from Northeast
Broadway and North Interstate Av
enue, beginning in the 1950s.
Carl Abbott, Portland State Univer
sity professor o f Urban Studies and
Planning, will introduce the topic and
provide a contextual framework. Tho
mas Robinson, Historic Photo Ar
chives, follows with a slide presenta
tion o f vintage photos o f the changing
landscape. Donna Maxey and Harvey
Rice will then share their first-hand
accounts about the community that
was displaced by these developments.
The event is open to all ages and is
free, although a donation o f canned
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Carter, who also will speak at the
dedication, described the Rev.
Jackson as a genuine man who
"lived his m inistry."
"He was a very strong advo
cate for the com m unity," Carter
said. "He worked incredibly hard
with people to elevate their con
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