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r c
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a
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a
s b
e
en
fl
fi
s
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th
e N
a
t
fion
a
fl R
eg
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s
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o
f H
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to
r
fi
c P
fl
a
c
e
s
. Th
e hou
s
e fi
s b
e
fl
fi
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ed to b
e th
e fi
r
s
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fi
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to
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rop
e
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ty fin O
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fi
s
t
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d fin th
e N
a
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fl R
eg
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p
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a
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fly fo
r fi
t
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s
so
c
fi
a
t
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fi
th th
e C
fiv
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fl R
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t
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r
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t
to and V
e
rd
e
fl
fl Ru
th
e
r
fo
rd fl
ed th
e Po
r
t
fl
and b
r
an
ch o
f
th
e NAACP du
r
fing th
e 1940
s and 1950
s a
s th
e o
r
g
an
fi
z
a
-
t
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r
e
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s
ed fo
r equ
a
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fi
ty and th
e end o
f r
a
c
fi
a
fl
d
fi
s
c
r
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a
t
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fl
fi
c a
c
commod
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t
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, emp
floym
en
t
,
edu
c
a
t
fion and hou
s
fing
.
Th
e Ru
th
e
r
fo
rd
s w
e
r
e among a g
roup o
f a
c
t
fiv
fi
s
t
s th
a
t
pu
sh
ed fo
r d
e
c
ad
e
s fo
r O
r
egon
’
s Pub
fl
fi
c A
c
commod
a
t
fion
s
A
c
t wh
fi
ch
, w
fi
th th
e h
e
flp o
f som
e fl
eg
fi
s
fl
a
to
r
s su
ch a
s R
ep
.
M
a
rk O
. H
a
tfi
e
fld
, w
a
s p
a
s
s
ed by th
e O
r
egon L
eg
fi
s
fl
a
tu
r
e
fin 1953
. Th
e p
fl
a
c
e wh
e
r
e mu
ch o
f th
e o
r
g
an
fi
z
fing took
p
fl
a
c
e
, th
e Ru
th
e
r
fo
rd
’
s hou
s
e
, w
a
s fl
fi
s
t
ed fin th
e N
a
t
fion
a
fl
R
eg
fi
s
t
e
r e
a
r
fl
fi
e
r th
fi
s mon
th
.
“Ou
r hou
s
e w
a
s hom
e fo
r my two b
ro
th
e
r
s and m
e
,
”
s
a
fid O
t
to and V
e
rd
e
fl
fl
’
s d
augh
t
e
r Ch
a
r
flo
t
t
e Ru
th
e
r
fo
rd
.
“Bu
t fo
r y
e
a
r
s fi
t a
fl
so s
e
rv
ed a
s th
e o
ffi
c
e fo
r th
e NAACP
h
e
r
e
. In th
e m
fid
-50
s th
e NAACP F
ed
e
r
a
fl C
r
ed
fi
t Un
fion
w
a
s a
fl
so s
t
a
r
t
ed fin ou
r d
fin
fing room
. My D
ad m
ad
e th
e
sp
e
e
ch
e
s
, bu
t my Mom w
a
s do
fing th
e wo
rk
. Th
e m
fim
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-
g
r
aph m
a
ch
fin
e fin th
e b
a
s
em
en
t and h
e
r typ
ew
r
fi
t
e
r w
e
r
e
th
e found
a
t
fion fo
r
th
e o
r
g
an
fi
z
a
t
fio
n and o
th
e
r g
roup
s
,
too
.
”
O
t
to mov
ed fin
to th
e hou
s
e a
t 833 N
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. Sh
av
e
r S
t
. w
fi
th
h
fi
s p
a
r
en
t
s and s
fib
fl
fing
s fin 1923
. In 1936
, h
e m
a
r
r
fi
ed V
e
r
-
d
e
fl
fl Bu
rd
fin
e and fin th
e hou
s
e th
ey b
eg
an m
a
r
r
fi
ed fl
fi
f
e o
f
64 y
e
a
r
s
, d
e
c
ad
e
s o
f c
fiv
fi
fl r
figh
t
s a
c
t
fiv
fi
sm
, and th
e do
cu-
m
en
t
a
t
fion and p
r
e
s
e
rv
a
t
fion o
f Po
r
t
fl
and
’
s A
f
r
fi
c
an Am
e
r
fi-
c
an h
fi
s
to
ry
.
Th
e Ru
th
e
r
fo
rd
s
’ con
t
r
fibu
t
fion
s
to
th
e c
fiv
fi
fl r
figh
t
s mov
e-
m
en
t c
am
e wh
fi
fl
e th
ey h
e
fld fu
fl
fl
-
t
fim
e job
s
, r
a
fi
s
ed a f
am
fi
fly
,
w
e
r
e a
c
t
fiv
e fin th
e
fi
r chu
r
ch and so
c
fi
a
fl o
r
g
an
fi
z
a
t
fion
s
, and
h
e
fld o
ffi
c
e
fin s
ev
e
r
a
fl o
r
g
an
fi
z
a
t
fion
s
,
fin
c
flud
fing
th
e NAACP
.
In 2000
, th
e s
t
a
t
e
’
s fl
a
r
g
e
s
t n
ew
sp
ap
e
r Th
e O
r
egon
fi
an pub
-
fl
fi
sh
ed a f
e
a
tu
r
e on O
r
egon
’
s 150 mo
s
t finflu
en
t
fi
a
fl p
eop
fl
e
f
rom 1850
-2000
. Th
e fl
fi
s
t fin
c
flud
ed O
t
to Ru
th
e
r
fo
rd and
w
a
s a
c
comp
an
fi
ed by a pho
to o
f O
t
to and V
e
rd
e
fl
fl
.
In th
e 1990
s and onw
a
rd
, O
t
to and V
e
rd
e
fl
fl Ru
th
e
r
fo
rd
sp
en
t con
s
fid
e
r
ab
fl
e t
fim
e fi
fl
fl
fing fin d
e
t
a
fi
fl
s abou
t m
any p
eo
-
p
fl
e and p
fl
a
c
e
s fin Po
r
t
fl
and
’
s A
f
r
fi
c
an Am
e
r
fi
c
an h
fi
s
to
ry un-
t
fi
fl th
e
fi
r p
a
s
s
fing
s
.
V
e
rd
e
fl
fl Ru
th
e
r
fo
rd p
r
e
s
e
rv
ed do
cum
en
t
s
, f
am
fi
fly p
a-
p
e
r
s
, m
emo
r
ab
fi
fl
fi
a and pho
tog
r
aph
s th
a
t p
rov
fid
e a sn
ap-
sho
t o
f an A
f
r
fi
c
an Am
e
r
fi
c
an f
am
fi
fly and commun
fi
ty fin
Po
r
t
fl
and du
r
fing mo
r
e th
an a 60
-y
e
a
r p
e
r
fiod
. Th
e co
fl
fl
e
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