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spaceflight in March 2011.
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Although the Portland Timbers
have scored only eight goals this
season, the Timbers have begun to
prepare to break their slump on Sat
Voicesof First Families
c o n t i n u e d f r o m fron t
whom accompanied her to the inter
views with the families, she said,
“They spoke to me like it made per
fect sense for me to be there.”
A ccording to W ulff, the m ajor
ity of the fam ilies m igrated to
V ancouver to work in the ship
yards, and then after the war—
they stayed.
The larger V ancouver popula
tion often doesn’t realize this com
munity exists, she said. “This book
is not only for Vancouver, but
also for the com m unity itself.”
Before World War II, Vancouver
was practically an all-white town.
There were too few African Ameri
cans to even count within the city at
the time,” she said.
As more men left for the war,
and more people m igrated into
W ashington to work in the ship
yards, old time residents began to
get used to having more diversity
around them.
“The war took over, and every
body was suddenly working on
the same thing,” she said.
“But Jim Crow was still in force
after the w ar,” she said. “A l
though they d idn’t want to leave,
they felt shut out.”
W ulff said there were 9,000 Af
rican A m ericans in Vancouver at
the end of the war. “But that went
dow n rea lly q u ick ly b ecau se
Vancouver didn’t make it easy to
stay,” she said.
Still, she said, African A m eri
can m igrants saw som ething spe-
cial about the surrounding city.
It was individual determ ination
for a better and more ju st future
th at c a ta ly z e d them to m ake
V ancouver their home, she said.
“I found out it was their persis
tence, inventiveness, optim ism
and their sense o f com m unity and
family.”
Wulff said, however, the African
American community deserves to
be recognized for their brave ac
tions, which are responsible for
growing tolerance throughout his
tory.
“They gave up the comfort of
close association,” she said. “And
they decided to live anywhere they
could find a house and convinced
neighbors diversity is a good thing.”
Although she said there were
urday, April 21 at Jeld-Wen Field,
where they will go up against the
league's only undefeated team.
Sporting KC.
several roadblocks throughout the
writing process, which felt some
times extremely difficult, in the end
she believes the book turned out
great.
At C lark C o lleg e, N A A CP
Vancouver Branch #1139 hosted a
reunion event on Saturday for the
narrators to speak and celebrate the
publication.
Assistance from the priginal fami
lies, as well as from Clark County
Historical Museum, Clark College,
Washington State University, Clark
County YWCA, USDA Coalition of
Minority Employees, and several
local churches, contributed to the
project’s success.
“We hope this book will encour
age o th e rs, e sp e c ia lly young
people, to preserve their cultural
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Central Oregon residents, who com
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whose time over the 26.2-mile course
was 3 hours, 20 minutes, 2 seconds.
Gregg finished 1,818th overall.
heritage for the benefit of future
generations,” said Cometta Smith,
First Families project director and
original family member.
W ulff agreed.
She said part of the initial mission
of the project was to create a model
for other communities to tell their
stories through.
“These families stayed here af
ter the war because this place felt
like home to them,” W ulff said.
“T heir d eterm ination to settle
throughout the city, rather than all
in one place, was a compliment and
a gift to Vancouver. It’s time this gift
was acknowledged.”
First Families of Vancouver’s
African American Community: From
World W ar II to the 21st Century
will be available through several
local volunteer distributors and
online.
For m ore inform ation, visit
n a ac p v an c .o rg
or
em ail
naacpvancouver@gmail.com.
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