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Protestant Ladder
Henry and Eliza Spalding, Presbyterian missionaries stationed at Lapwai on the Clearwater River in present-day western Idaho, produced this Protestant Ladder in 1845. The ladder …
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Clay Axelrod Arrested while Protesting
This Vietnam War era photograph of Portland police officers Frank Tercek, left, and Dayne Tune arresting draft protester Clayton Axelrod was published in the Oct. …
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African American Community Protests School Board
Black United Front leader, Ron Herndon, stood on a desk at this 1982 protest, leading members of the African American community in chants of “You’d better …
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Citizens Protesting Wildlife Poisoning
The Oregon Journal published this article on November 24, 1970 along with a photograph of protesters picketing the Oregon State Game Commission’s office in Portland. …
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Grace Wick Protests
On October 29, 1929, the U.S. stock market plunged to new lows and served as the starting point for the era in U.S. history known …
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NAACP Flier Protesting the Housing Authority
This flier was distributed by protesters of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) on September 30 and October 4, 1963, at …
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Cuban Missile Crisis Protest
This peace march was held on October 24, 1962 in response to the Cuban Missile Crisis. Two days earlier President John Kennedy had announced the …
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Anti-Nuclear Movement
Anti-nuclear activism in Oregon paralleled the national movement against nuclear power in the late-1960s. Several factors, however, made the opposition to nuclear power in Oregon …
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Chinese Americans Picket Scrap Metal to Japan
This photograph of Chinese Americans picketing at the Port of Astoria appeared in the Oregon Journal on March 3, 1939. The picket was organized to …
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BPA Office Takeover, 1975
On the morning of August 15, 1975, about 100 Indian protesters took over the Portland offices of the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA), a federal agency …
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