Black Butte Ranch is an 1,800-acre private resort community surrounded by private properties and the Deschutes National Forest, eight miles northwest of Sisters, Oregon. Begun …

Oregon Encyclopedia

The history of African American cowboys in Oregon begins well past the state’s frontier era. There were almost no Black cowboys in Oregon during the …

Oregon Encyclopedia

Oregon's racial makeup has been shaped by three Black exclusion laws that were in place during much of the region's early history. These laws, all …

Oregon Encyclopedia

Blackfish Gallery was founded as a cooperative art gallery in Portland in 1979. The decision to create a new gallery came about largely because, at …

Oregon Encyclopedia

This photograph of black U.S. military soldiers in Portland, Oregon, shows men sitting together in an unnamed auditorium. They are attending an Urban League meeting …

Oregon History Project

In order to comply with World War II blackout rules, people covered or painted over the upper part of car headlights.  During the war, Oregonians …

Oregon History Project

The Black Panther Party for Self-Defense (BPP) was founded in October 1966 in Oakland, California, by Huey Newton and Bobby Seale, two young Black men …

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Periodically, newspaper or magazine articles appear proclaiming amazement at how white the population of Oregon and the City of Portland is compared to other parts …

Oregon Encyclopedia

Established in 1987 by Craig and Michelle Black, Blackstone Audio Inc. is a family-run company specializing in the production of an eclectic array of audiobooks. …

Oregon Encyclopedia

In 1928, Blanch McBride Virgin became the first woman in the United States to own and operate a professional radio station—KMED in Medford, Oregon. …

Oregon Encyclopedia