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  • African American Oregon Fraternal Association, commonly known as “Frat Hall”, at 1412 N. Williams. May 26, 1940.  This was demolished around March, 1958 to make room for the Memorial Coliseum.  The Rose Garden Arena was built on the site. James Wasson, photographer
    0405-M05.tif
  • Y-640421.  NAACP convention at Hilton. Governor Mark Hatfield, Mr. & Mrs. Webb.  Ticket for “NAACP Freedon TV Spectacular. Closed circuit direct from New York and Hollywood. Thursday, May 14, 1964 Municipal Auditorium.” Caption on one published versison pg. 114 The History Of Portland’s African American Community. “Attorney Mayfield K. Webb and his wife, Juretta Webb, present the former Governor Mark Hatfield with two tickets to the NAACP Freedom TV Spectacular” photo taken April 21, 1964.
    Y-640421-1.tif
  • Y-480707-02.  Vanport refugees at Guilds Lake leave on caravan to Salem to protest conditions. Most of the African American flood victims were given temporary housing in dilapidated war surplus mobile buildings trucked to vacant land at Guilds Lake. After a little over a month of living in these circumstances, the residents organized a caravan to Salem and protest their conditions at the State Capitol. Signs on cars read: “We Want Permanent Homes – Not Kennels on Wheels” and “Vanport Dead Cry Out for Justice”. July 7, 1948
    Y-480707.tif
  • Archibald James Carey Jr. (1908 – 1981) speaking at Lincoln High School on Lincoln day. He was a Black American lawyer, judge, politician, diplomat and clergyman from the south side of Chicago. He was a key speaker at the 1952 Republican National Convention, and that speech is considered to be the seed of many of the sentences that Martin Luther King used in his "I Have a Dream" speech. (KOIN microphone for broadcast)
    Y-530214A-2.tif
  • Archibald James Carey Jr. (1908 – 1981) speaking at Lincoln High School on Lincoln day. He was a Black American lawyer, judge, politician, diplomat and clergyman from the south side of Chicago. He was a key speaker at the 1952 Republican National Convention, and that speech is considered to be the seed of many of the sentences that Martin Luther King used in his "I Have a Dream" speech. (KOIN microphone for broadcast) The Oregonian, February 14, 1953, pg. 7 "Lincoln Talk Set"
    Y-530214A-2.tif
  • 9969-7529. Stylish young Afro-American woman at Dizzy Gillespie concert at McElroy's Ballroom, Tuesday, February 22, 1949.
    9969-7529.tif
  • 0102-03. Black contortionist playing guitar, Image was taken ca. 1915-1926 in the area of Coral, Blacklick and Josephine in Western Pennsylvania,just east of Blairsville on route 119 north.
    0102-03.tif
  • 470800A "Vanport - colored boys - 'Mellon" (August 1947)
    Y-470800A.tif
  • falconer-0164C-20. "Sabin School. February 10, 1971"
    falconer0164C-20.tif
  • falconer-0164C-7. "Sabin School. February 10, 1971"
    falconer0164C-7.tif
  • 1006-B028-6 "portrait of peg-legged Negro" (1962)
    1006-B028-6.tif
  • falconer-0164B-11. "Sabin School. February 10, 1971"
    falconer0164B-11.tif
  • Y-720418-12. McDonalds, Union & Fremont. Voter registration drive. Nate Proby administering oath.(president, United Minority Workers),  Voter is Francis Newman. April 18, 1972
    Y-720418-12.tif
  • Falconer-0366C-29. "School busing. October 17, 1978" Students from Martin Luther King Elementary School. 4815 NE 7th., being bussed away.
    Falconer-0366C-29.tif
  • falconer-0366C-24. "School busing. October 17, 1978"
    Falconer-0366C-24.tif
  • falconer-0164C-22. "Sabin School. February 10, 1971"
    falconer0164C-22.tif
  • Coalition of Black Men, march on N. Killigsworth, Portand, Oregon, at the corner of Mississippi. 1988
    arthur01.tif
  • Y-541125-01. Murder at the Mysterious Billy Smith Tavern, 1500 North Wheeler, November 25th, 1954.
    Y-541125-01.tif
  • Y-481010-09.  Nance’s Bar B-Q Pit, 31 NE Cherry Court, between NE Williams Court and NE Halsey, Portland Oct 10, 1948 These streets do not exist anymore because this area of land was converted to the site of the Memorial Coliseum in 1957.
    Y-481010-09.tif
  • Y-530430.  Duke Ellington blowing out the candles on his 54th birthday cake at McClendon's Rhythm Room, a night club at 1500 N. Williams. April 30, 1953.
    Y-530430-01.tif
  • Y-481215B-1, Thelma Street, Black dancer, at home with her new White husband, John Edgar. December 15, 1948
    Y-481215-B1.tif
  • Y-481010-08. Nance’s Bar B-Q Pit, 31 NE Cherry Court, between NE Williams Court and NE Halsey, Portland Oct 10, 1948 These streets do not exist anymore because this area of land was converted to the site of the Memorial Coliseum in 1957.
    Y-481010-08.tif
  • falconer-0164C-8. "Sabin School. February 10, 1971"
    falconer0164C-8.tif
  • Y-681004-02. "Emanuel Hospital. Nurses on job. October 4, 1968"
    Y-681004-02.tif
  • National Urban League convention. Press conference of negro senator Edward W. Brooke. Shot for Time Magazine
    Y-670823-03.tif
  • 2 Black construction workers with rivet heaters (furnaces) to heat up rivets prior to insertion into girders. When inserted and the ends pounded, the rivets cool down and shrink to provide a tight fit
    9137-01.tif
  • Lincoln vs. Jefferson basketball.. January 22, 1952.
    Y-520122-02-fz.tif
  • falconer-0164A-16. "Sabin School. February 10, 1971"
    falconer0164A-16.tif
  • "Matt Dishman" (Black policeman, Multnomah County deputy with elevator operator) March 25, 1958
    Y-580325B-1.tif
  • Y-700605A-05 Emanuel Hospital, Model Citys Committee luncheon. June 5, 1970. Neighborhood opposes hospital expansion plans.
    Y-700605A-05.tif
  • Y-680111C-15. Albina Branch Public Library. January 11, 1968 Portland, Oregon.
    Y-680111C-15.tif
  • Y-610803B-16. Black kids on N. Vancouver & Stanton. Believed to be Walter Johnson on scooter. August 3, 1961
    Y-610803B-16.tif
  • 9969-7520. Audience front row at Dizzy Gillespie concert at McElroy's Ballroom, Tuesday, February 22, 1949.
    9969-7520.tif
  • 9969-7504. Comedian performs on stage at McElroy's Ballroom, February 21, 1949.
    9969-7504.tif
  • A Black woman smokes a cigarette at the edge of the dance floor at McElroy's Ballroom in downtown Portland in 1956.
    8609-R57-06.tif
  • Y-561001A-01. Waiter with flaming skewer at Benson Hotel grill. October 1, 1956. Published on cover of Restaurant Section October 9, 1956.
    Y-561001A-01.tif
  • Y-480302-1.This photo, titled “Haymaker Coming Up,” won first place in the 1948 Associated Press annual photography awards in the sports category. Bobby Zander, of Los Angeles, tosses a haymaker at Joe Kahut before a sellout crowd of 4700, with 3000 turned away, at Portland’s Civic Auditorium on March 2, 1948. In the 4th round Kahut began to land left hand blows to Zander’s body, followed up by rights to the head, while Zander responded with headshots of his own, while doubling up Kahut with a blow to the mid-section. Thirty seconds into the fifth round, a left hook to the jaw from Kahut floored Zander for the ten-count.
    Y-480302-1.tif
  • ackroyd 10935-1  Housing Authority of Portland. NAACP petition presentation. May 15, 1962
    ackroyd-10935-1.tif
  • Willie Mays, game at Civic Stadium. Portland Beavers vs San Francisco Giants. May 8, 1958.
    Y-580508C-35-fz.tif
  • falconer-0164D-12. "Sabin School. February 10, 1971"
    falconer0164D-12.tif
  • falconer-0164D-5. "Sabin School. February 10, 1971"
    falconer0164D-5.tif
  • Y-710529-08. "Emanuel Hospital. Albina ministers and Chaplain Addix with medical equipment. May 29, 1971. (note says #4 enlarged 8/31/1995 and given to Adddix at retirement).
    Y-710529-08.tif
  • Y-680111C-14. Department of Employment, Oregon State Employment Office, Job Placement Office. January 11, 1968 Williams Ave district.
    Y-680111C-14.tif
  • Y-680111-C19. Albina Branch Public Library. January 11, 1968. 3630 N. Vancouver at Beech St.
    Y-680111-C19.tif
  • Y-680111-A15 Albina Art Center. January 11, 1968. corner of Williams & NE Killingsworth.
    Y-680111-A15.tif
  • Y-670823-21. National Urban League convention. Press conference of Black senator Edward W. Brooke. Photo shot for Time Magazine. August 23, 1967
    Y-670823-21.tif
  • "Bill Hilliard with beard at desk typing. July 22, 1959" (Many Oregonian reporters grew beards in honor of the Oregon Centennial.)
    Y-590722B-36.tif
  • Y-481010-10.  Nance’s Bar B-Q Pit, 31 NE Cherry Court, between NE Williams Court and NE Halsey, Portland Oct 10, 1948 These streets do not exist anymore because this area of land was converted to the site of the Memorial Coliseum in 1957.
    Y-481010-10.tif
  • Y-500622B-01. car wreck in Guilds Lake housing (black temporary housing) Address of house is 3863. Pacific Wire Rope Co. at 3615 NW St. Helens Road. June 22, 1950 Truck crash on NW St. Helens road, which killed a pedestrian and came to rest on an occupied unit at Guilds Lake Courts.
    Y-500622B-01.tif
  • 9969-7530.Uniformed security guard at Dizzy Gillespie concert at McElroy's Ballroom, Tuesday, February 22, 1949.
    9969-7530.tif
  • 9969-7524. Audience members dance Be-Bop style at Dizzy Gillespie concert at McElroy's Ballroom, Tuesday, February 22, 1949.
    9969-7524.tif
  • 8609-R57-7. Members of the vocal group are Ed Washington (former Metro Councilor) 2nd from right, and his brother Billy is second from left. Lemuel Robinson is first on the left and his brother Manfred is third from the left (they are the two sons of John and Orell Robinson.) April 20, 1956, Location is McElroy's Ballroom Portland,
    8609-R57-07.tif
  • Ackroyd 02242-1. Riot at N. Williams & Russell Ave. Oregonian. June 5, 1950
    ackroyd-02242-1.tif
  • falconer-0164A-20. "Sabin School. February 10, 1971"
    falconer0164A-20.tif
  • 9969-7528. People seated at their tables at Dizzy Gillespie concert at McElroy's Ballroom, Tuesday, February 22, 1949.
    9969-7528.tif
  • 9969-7526. Audience members applaud at Dizzy Gillespie concert at McElroy's Ballroom, Tuesday, February 22, 1949.
    9969-7526.tif
  • 9318-01. Young Black boy standing next to a group of bicyclists, Portland, Oregon, about 1910
    9318-01.tif
  • Ackroyd 11972-4.  NAACP picketing City Hall. September 30, 1963
    ackroyd-11972-4.tif
  • 1006-B083-7 "Peg-legged negro. August 1961" (walking down train tracks)
    1006-B083-7.tif
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