This parade was probably in honor of President Teddy Roosevelt's visit to the city that day. Seventy-five thousand people lined Portland's streets to see the president and watch the parade.
Dodge attended OAC in the early 1920s. He participated in the 1924 Olympics, where he finished 6th in the men's 800 metres, and the 1925 Pan American Games. He also ran for the Multnomah Amateur Athletic Club.
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.
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.