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.
Tom McCall, radio commentator, gives closing address at the Urban League's Housing Conference on Housing Needs and Minorities. The conference was held at the Multnomah Hotel. H.J. Belton Hamilton Jr., left, chaired the final session.
1963 Annual Meeting was held at the University of Portland. Whitney Young, National Urban League Executive Director, was keynote speaker. Head table, left to right: Whitney Young, Dr. DeNorval Unthank, Mrs. Unthank, O. Winston Taggart, Mrs. Sidney Lathrop, Sidney Lathrop
Panel group at Housing Conference, Urban League of Portland, Multnomah Hotel. Left to right: Guy Arrington, F.H.A. director; Ragnor Johnson, Oregon Real Estate Commissioner; Harold Holmes, chariman of panel; Capt. Eugene Ferguson, police dept.; Anthony DuBay, chairman, Housing Authority of Portland.
Whitney Young at press conference 1961, Urban League downtown office. Whitney Young was the Executive Director of the National Urban League from 1961-1971. In 1969, Young received the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
Mrs. Beatrice Stevens teaches a class in social studies. She was the founder of the International Club of Commerce and taught inter-cultural education before it was popular to do so. Mrs. Stevens was standing next to Venetha Lewis and Ron Marcott.
Vernon Jordan is seen third from the left. He served as president of the National Urban League from 1971 to 1981. Also pictured are board members Bill Hilliard (left) and staff member Norm Monroe (second from left.) Monroe is an OSU alumnus.
Photo shows the recipients of awards at the 1963 Annual Meeting of the Urban League of Portland. Layola Brown, Arie Randle, Lois Sayles and Mary Duncan are pictured.
1963 portrait, executive director of the National Urban League. Delivered a public lecture in May 6, 1963 at Portland State College. Whitney Young was dean of the Atlanta School of Social Work and became the executive director of the National Urban League in 1961. He was also a member of 1960 White House conference on children and youth.
Whitney Young and Tom L. McCall interview. Whitney Young was the Executive Director of the National Urban League from 1961-1971. In 1969, Young received the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
Left to right: James Barratt, Director of Athletics at OSU; Vern Chatman, Director of Education, U.L.P.; Herman Plummer, President of Royal Esquire Club, real estate broker; Dee Andros, OSU football coach; Dr. Robert MacVicar, President of OSU.
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.
Geneva Lassiter, caseworker for Children's Department, Multnomah County Public Welfare Commission, is working in a job that the Urban League helped her obtain.