"[These] laws point to the fact that Oregon was founded as a racist white utopia," said Walidah Imarisha, a Black studies educator and writer based in Oregon. "The idea was that white folks would ...

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If there is one thing the Oregon Ducks have ... is black — and the helmet black with white wings — the names on the back of the jerseys are green, as is the outline to the white numbers ...

During the workweek, Stocks is executive director of Oregon Black Pioneers, a group that documents and disseminates the African American history of a state that’s 87 percent white. On weekends ...

For decades, Oregon ... more white settlers arrived in the area, they brought their own laws and prejudices with them. The entire region of the Northwest… criminalized the presence of black ...

“Red, White and Black: An Oregon Wine Story” is the brainchild of Bertony Faustin. Taking inspiration from his in-law’s small vineyard, he decided on a career change and became a winemaker ...