United States – Oregon
The Manumission of Monimia Travers: A Slave Freed at Fort Vancouver
Few people identify slavery with Oregon and the Pacific Northwest. However, there were slaves in the region particularly in the...
Christopher Paul Gardner (1954- )
Christopher Paul Gardner—entrepreneur, inspirational speaker, and writer—was born on February 9, 1954 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Gardner, never knowing his father,...
Lou Southworth (ca. 1830-1917)
Lou Southworth Image Ownership: Public Domain Lou Southworth, who became noted as a rare former Oregon slave, was born in...
Eric Pettigrew (1960- )
Eric Pettigrew is the former Washington State Representative for the 37th Legislative District representing Southeast Seattle, Washington and its suburbs. ...
Wallace Fard (ca. 1891-1934)
Wallace Fard, also known as W. Farad Muhammad, the Prophet, was founder the first Temple of Islam which evolved into...
James Monroe Whitfield (1822-1871)
James Monroe Whitfield, a black abolitionist and colonizationist, was born on April 10, 1822 in New Hampshire. Little is known...
(2010) History of African Americans in Portland & Oregon: A Selected Bibliography
This bibliography lists sources for the history of African-Americans in the city of Portland and the state of Oregon, and...
Lenny Wilkens (1937- )
Leonard Randolph (Lenny) Wilkens was born in Brooklyn, New York, on October 28, 1937, son of an African American father...
The Blood of Entertainers: The Life and Times of Jimi Hendrix’s Paternal Grandparents
In the following article, Janie L. Hendrix, President and CEO of Experience Hendrix and the younger sister of music legend...
