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Open through April 21, visitors
will learn about the various jobs
available to blacks on the railroad,
the churches, hotels, newspapers,
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the period, and let visitors experi
ence what it meant to “drive a spike.”
The Oregon Black Pioneers are
one of the exhibit’s main sponsors.
A panel discussion sponsored
by the Black Pioneers, “Free at last?
place Sunday, Feb. 10from3:30p.n
to5:30p.m . attheD eltaJuneR . Ke
Center, 5940 N. Albina Ave.
The Oregon History Museum
located at 1200 S.W. Park Ave. i
downtown Portland.
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