Early “exclusion laws” prohibited Black people from settling in Oregon, and by the 1920s, Portland was known as one of the most segregated cities north of the Mason-Dixon line and a hotbed for ...

gained statehood in 1859 and remains majority white today. Despite an 1844 law banning Black people and other minorities from living or purchasing property in Oregon, Portland gradually attracted ...

The arrest during a Portland, Oregon protest of a Black woman who became a leading activist in the racial justice movement after she was assaulted by a white supremacist three years ago has ...