Who was the first well-documented Black person in Oregon? This person was crewmember on the Lady Washington
Who is Markus Lopius
This act prohibits discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity in employment, housing, and public accommodations. It ensures equal rights for LGBTQ+ individuals, protecting them from being treated differently by employers, landlords, or businesses.
What is the Oregon Equality Act of 2007
What was the only state to enter the Union (1859) with a constitutionally prohibited ban on Black residents
What is Oregon
During the racially contentious period in the late '60s, she became the first Black woman elected to Congress. She represented New York's 12th District from 1969 to 1983, and in 1972, she became the first woman to run for the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination.
Who is Shirley Chisolm
Who was a freed slave and blacksmith, that has a mountain named after him in the Siskiyous ?
Who is Ben Johnson (Ben Johnson Mountain)
Who became the first Black city commissioner for Portland?
Who is Charles Jordan
He challenged the position held by Booker T. Washington, another contemporary prominent intellectual, that Southern Blacks should compromise their basic rights in exchange for education and legal justice
Who is W.E.B Dubois
Black American mother of five whose cancer cells, taken without her knowledge in 1951, became the first immortal human cell line (“HeLa”). These cells, which divide indefinitely, revolutionized medical research, contributing to polio vaccines, cancer treatments, and COVID-19 studies.
Who is Henrietta Lacks
She sued for her estate and became one of the first Black women to secure a land claim in Oregon.
Who is Leticia Carson
Which African American was elected president of the United States in 2008?
Who is Barack Obama
This was the first U.S. federal law to define all persons born in the United States—except untaxed Native Americans—as citizens, regardless of race or previous slavery status. The Act aimed to protect the civil rights of African Americans, counteract Southern Black Codes, and ensure equal rights following the 13th Amendment.
What is the Civil Rights Act of 1866