February – Black History Month & the Golden West Hotel
The City of Portland is hosting a temporary exhibit from Central City Concern in honor of Black History Month. Six historic panels that CCC installed last year on the Golden West building will be on display in the Portland Building lobby through February 28. The panels detail Portland’s African American vibrant history and contributions to the City during the early 1900s. To view the exhibit, enter the Portland Building, 1120 SW 5th.
The permanent exhibit can be viewed at the Golden West at Broadway and NW Everett. CCC has many images, information and audio from the display on our website too at http://centralcityconcern.org/golden-west-intro.html.
Golden West Exhibit is online!!!
WILL BENNETT, Community Practitioner, Futurist/Historian
At Large
Creative Director @ Golden West Project
GOLDEN WEST PROJECT
http://goldenwest.wordpress.com
BUILDING A NETWORK FOR PRESERVATION OF
PORTLAND’S AFRICAN-AMERICAN
EXPERIENCE…AND MORE!!!
http://african-american-historical-district.com
The New Golden West Historical Display
http://goldenwest.wordpress.com/2009/11/07/the-new-golden-west-historical-display/
Group Dedicates New Golden West Historical Display
http://www.theskanner.com/article/view/id/10695
“Unveiling” Golden West Historic Event
http://tinyurl.com/ylln3n8
Golden West Historic Display Preview-Panels.PDF
http://tinyurl.com/yzqfw7
“Blacks have a 375-year history on this continent:
245 involving slavery,
100 involving legalized discrimination,
And only 30 involving anything else….”
As historian roger wilkins has pointed out (wilkins, 1995)
– But Such Is The Irresistible Nature Of Truth, That All It Asks, And All It Wants, Is The Liberty Of Appearing –
Through continuing research
Most Racist City
http://www.african-american-historical-district.com/GOLDEN_WEST_PROJECT.html
A little more light on little-known history
http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2008/08/a_little_more_light_on_littlek.html
Amateur Historian Pushes Behind the Scenes History
http://goldenwest.wordpress.com/2009/03/13/amateur-historian-pushes-behind-the-scenes-history/
Black History Film “Local Color” Re-released
http://goldenwest.wordpress.com/2008/07/19/black-history-film-%E2%80%9Clocal-color%E2%80%9D-rereleased/
PPS Curriculum Adoption: Oregon’s Racist Acts
http://goldenwest.wordpress.com/2009/11/28/pps-curriculum-adoption-oregons-racist-acts/
Ugly fried history
http://www.blackinformant.com/remember/ugly-fried-history
“Racism is a by-product of Capitalism”
— Fred Hampton —