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Oregon Multicultural Archives

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Date of Original
1899/1987

Subject
African Americans--Oregon
African Americans--Civil rights--Oregon
Civil rights--Oregon
Civil rights movements--Oregon
Civil rights demonstrations--Oregon--Corvallis
Civil rights workers--Oregon
African American civil rights workers--Oregon
College students--Oregon--Corvallis
African American college students--Oregon--Corvallis
Universities and colleges--Oregon--Corvallis
Oregon--Race relations--History--20th century
Race relations
Oregon State University
Agricultural laborers--Oregon
African American agricultural laborers--Oregon
Urban League of Portland
Librarians--Oregon
African American librarians--Oregon
Physicians--Oregon--Portland
African American physicians--Oregon--Portland
Indians of North America--Oregon
Japanese Americans--Oregon
Women--Oregon
Hispanic Americans--Oregon

People
Berry, Edwin C., 1910-1987
Unthank, DeNorval, 1899-1977

Location
United States, Oregon, Benton County, 44.49176, -123.42931
United States, Oregon, Benton County, Corvallis, 44.56457, -123.26204
United States, Oregon, Multnomah County, Portland, 45.52345, -122.67621

Medium
photographs
black-and-white photographs

Type
StillImage

Description
Collection of images that document the lives and activities of ethnic minorities in Oregon. The images are drawn from the archival collections that form the Oregon Multicultural Archives. Ethnic minorites represented in the Archives include Indians of North America, Japanese Americans, African Americans, Women, and Hispanic Americans. African American materials in the collection document the work of the Urban League of Portland and its first leader, Edwin C. Berry, as well as a 1969 Oregon State University walkout by the Black Student Union., The Civil Rights Digital Library received support from a National Leadership Grant for Libraries awarded to the University of Georgia by the Institute of Museum and Library Services for the aggregation and enhancement of partner metadata.

Metadata URL
http://scarc.library.oregonstate.edu/oma/index.html

Contributing Institution
Oregon State University. Library. Digital Collections
Oregon Multicultural Archives Digital Resources

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