Leaders of the 1944 Freshman class are from left: Bill Gibson, Portland, president; Patricia Northrup, Portland, vice-president; Edward Yada, Salem, sergeant-at-arms; Elma Hutton, Silverton, secretary; Bryce Brisbin, Corvallis, treasurer. The group directed the activities of the 1600 members of the class of 1944.
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
Photo was used in the 1927 Beaver Yearbook, page 40. Carrie Halsell graduated from Oregon Agricultural College in 1926 with a B.S. in commerce, becoming the first African-American graduate at OAC. Halsell became an instructor of business education at Virginia State University, later becoming a business administration faculty member at South Carolina State College in 1945.
The fraternity was for men who were or had been members of the Boy Scouts of America. Included was William Tebeau (back row, third from right), Oregon State's first male African-American graduate.
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.
Chief Clarence Burke of the Umatilla Indians on horseback, possibly at the Pendleton Round-Up. He served as chief of the Umatilla Indians from the 1930s until his death in 1987.
Gifford took many photographs of Native Americans in the Columbia Basin during the years that he maintained a studio in The Dalles (1895-1910). This Photo is used in the 1986/1987 OSU Foundation Annual Report (page 11) soon after the collection was donated to OSU by the Gifford Family.
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.
Indians netting salmon at Celilo Falls near The Dalles. Celilo Falls was a traditional Native American fishing location until it was inundated by The Dalles dam in 1957.
Bobby Hill, president of the Black Student Union, and University President Robert MacVicar prepare to cut the ribbon, officially opening OSU's Black Cultural Center. Looking on is Betty Griffin, assistant professor of education and chairperson of the Black Cultural Advisory Board. Photo was in the Oregon Stater issue, June 1975, vol.9 no.4, p. 4.
Convocation speaker, Julian Bond, Georgia House of Representatives member spoke at OSU's 1970/1971 Convocation-Lecture Series. Bond played a key role in the civil rights movement in the 1960s and he helped found the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee.
OSU's Black Student Union staged a walkout to protest policies that forced a black football player to shave his beard. This photograph was taken in front of the Kerr Library and was used in the Barometer.
OSU President James Jensen is standing at left. Linus Pauling is seated by flag and Rich Harr is at the microphone. Photo is used in the February 26, 1969 Barometer.
Miss Warm Springs and Miss Indian Northwest and two other young Indian women wear their identification numbers for the dance competition at the OSU Powwow.