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they ran adjacent to the rail-
road tracks so we were
probably never more than 5,
10 miles off the original
route,” he said.
“We went across the
United States, through the
same major cities that they
did on the same calendar
dates.”
Doss and fellow Black
Studies Professor Richard
Smith organized the ride,
traveling afterward to
Minneapolis where they
interviewed the sole sur-
vivor of the 25th infantry,
Dorsie Willis.
“It was a wonderful time
that we had with him,” Doss
says. “He did not take the
bicycle trip but his first ser-
geant Mingo Sanders did.
So we got to hear the story
about that as well as the
Spanish American War.”
Doss said he and the oth-
ers took the odyssey
because they wanted to
honor the 25th Infantry –
which had sacrificed so
much only to be crushed by
racism.
Also, though, the trip was
a matter of principle.
“I belonged to the speak-
ers bureau in the Black
Studies Department and we
used to go out around the
state of Montana, and peo-
ple would say, ‘well you
don’t understand, there
were never any coloreds
here, so we don’t know
about new people.’
“And so when I found that
original photograph of the
bike corps outside Fort
Missoula on their bicycles
— that ended up being
about a three year research
project.
“And we decided to take
the trip in their honor as
well as to show the contri-
butions
of
African
Americans.”
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Thursday, April 7, 3:00 - 5:00 pm
Wood Village City Hall, Policy
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OR 97060
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The FY 2011-2016 Consolidated Plan
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Portland, and the City of Gresham
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Portland Housing Bureau
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Portland OR 97204
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Multnomah County Hearing on 2011-
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