Oregon-Washington Conference on Race Relations was held between staff members of the Urban Leagues of Portland and Seattle, members of the Civil Rights Division of Oregon and the Washington State Board Against Discrimination. Shown in photo: Russ Peyton; Mark Smith; Shelly Hill; John Holley; Bill Boone; Edwin Pratt; Lew Watts.
At the 1963 Annual Meeting, Whitney Young, NUL Executive Director, was the keynote speaker. The event was held at the University of Portland. Head Table, left to right: Catherine Melley, Father James Norton, Richard Neal, Whitney Young, Mrs. Sidney Lathrop, Sidney Lathrop (party hidden), and lower table, left to right: Russ Peyton, Father Divid Fosselman, Helloise Hill, E. Shelton Hill, Walt Holman, Tom Vickers (hidden), Dorothy Vickers and Rev. Othal Lakey.
Mark A. Smith, Administrator, Fair Employment Practices Division and past president of the Urban League of Portland presides at the Urban League Housing Conference. Seated is Russell Peyton.
Scene from the Urban League Housing Conference, Multnomah Hotel in Portland, Oregon. Left to right at head table: John Holley; Kenneth Green; Russell Peyton. The housing survey team includes: Urban Leage President Mark Smith; Mark Talney and Mrs. John Catlin.
