Discussion on housing, gentrification, and displacement of African American communities. Urban renewal, redlining, Bethel and formation of the Portland Development Comission, Urban League leadership, Edwin C. Bill Berry, and colorism in theā¦
Oral history. Unknown person moved from Mississippi to Oregon in 1952. Bill and Martha Rutherford discuss interracial marriage, segregation, and accomodation laws. Vanport flood.
All Aboard! Railroading and Portland's Black Community. McMenamin's History Pub Series. 2/23/2013. Panelists OBP Board Member Gwen Carr, Ava Gordley, and Charlotte Rutherford.
What the Workers Have to Say Stories You ve Never Heard. Oregon Historical Society. 3/10/13. Moderator Renee Mitchell. Panelists Geoffrey Brooks, Yugen Rashad, Horace Fox, Bill Costen, and Robert Boyer.