Social Problems of Portland Remain Unresolved; Inability of Ethnic Groups to Fully Integrate Entering the Courtyard Residence I had some presumptions of what we would experience with the older generations. As a result of my own experiences being part of a family composed of two different ethnic groups (white and Mexican), I have experienced many awkward moments with the older generations on my Father's side of the family who slip with racist remarks. Because of this, I had a hunch that we might encounter these moments at the Courtyard residence as well. That being said, it became an interest of mine to research the different ethnic groups who have migrated to Portland and find out what their perception of this city is. Although we may be called the most liberal and accepting city in the United States, I have often felt that this is not so in terms of being socially accepting as much as environmentally accepting. Across the country in states where there is a heightened sense of racism it seems there has been a greater effort to point these issues out and work fervently to correct him. Here in Oregon it looks as though we have tried to label ourselves as this progressive city, but in terms of racial issues it's as if we sweep the problems under the rug. Prior to researching the histories of ethnic groups in the city I had no previous knowledge of the kinds of problems that took place here; these are things that schools have not been Miller 2 addressing and unfortunately it has only kept the ethnic issues around. One of the most surprising occurrences to read of was definitely the Albina Riot of 1967. The Oregon Historical Society writes that "what began as a political rally to stir the African American community t... ... middle of paper ... ....org/education/oregonhistory/historical_records/dspDocument.cfm?doc_ID=00073958-13DE-1E93-891B80B0527200A7. 3. History 370 – Oral Histories of Portland, Spring 2011. 4. Amy E. Platt, “KKK meets with Portland leaders, 1921,” Oregon Historical Society, 2009, accessed May 4, 2011, http://www.ohs.org/education/oregonhistory/historical_records/dspDocument.cfm?doc_ID=6BC64F73-1C23-B9D3-6844072A4F31B6AA. 5. Kathy Tucker, “Women & Children outside Farm Labor Camp,” Oregon Historical Society, 2004, accessed May 2, 2011, http://www.ohs.org/education/oregonhistory/historical_records/dspDocument.cfm?doc_ID=000AE35B-711E-1ED6-A42A80B05272006C. 6. William Yardley, “Racial Shift in a Progressive City Spurs Talks,” New York Times, May 29, 2008 accessed May 3, 2011, http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/29/us/29portland.html?pagewanted=1&ei=5087&em&en=63fee218058cf972&ex=1212206400.
On November 9, 1920, Byron de la Beckwith, an only child, was born to Byron De La Beckwith, Sr. and Susie Yerger in Sacramento, California. One of Beckwith’s early childhood memories was of the Ku Klux Klan marching through town, fully clad in their long white robes. During the twenties, there were over two million known members of the Klan and at least two were U.S. Senators. Needless to say, this left quite an impression on the young boy. Beckwith’s father died in 1926, his debts exceeding the value of his estate, leaving Susie and Byron Jr., whom they had nicknamed “Delay”, destitute. Susie left California, along with her son, for her native Greenwood, Mississippi. Beckwith’s mother passed away a few short years later, leaving Beckwith rearing to one of her cousins.
McElderry, Stuart. “Vanport Conspiracy and Social Relations in Portland, 1940-1950.” Oregon Historical Quarterly. Vol 99, No.2 (Summer 1998), pp. 134-163
Last summer, my then twelve year old son was asked to participate in the National Junior Leaders Conference in Washington, DC. So, I packed our stuff and we headed for our nation's capital. While there, we visited the Supreme Court and my son, never having been there before, was simply awed. A short time later, we went to the Library of Congress. At the time (I don't know whether or not it's still there), there was a display -- three or four rooms big dedicated to the Supreme Court case Brown v. The Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas. While the case was something that Nicholas (my son) and I had talked about on a few occasions, it was interesting to watch him as he navigated through the rooms that had photographs, court documents, newspaper articles, and other memorabilia of the case and the people involved with it. About thirty minutes into our time there, he started to cry softly, but he continued making his way through the display. He went to every single display in those several rooms; he didn't want to leave until he had seen everything and read everything. When we finally left (almost four hours after we arrived), he said to me, "It's disgraceful the way our country treated black people; there was no honor in any of it."
The Washington D.C. riot was significant because it was one of the only times where African Americans fought back vigorously against the
Nikole Hannah-Jones, the author of the article “School Segregation, the Continuing Tragedy of Ferguson,” (2014) writes about how the Normandy school district in which Ferguson students attend, ranked at the very bottom of all Missouri schools for performance. As relayed by Hannah-Jones (2014), the Normandy school district is “among the poorest and most segregated in Missouri” (p. 2). The August 2014 shooting death of a young African-American, Michael Brown, by a white police officer, spurred riots not only in St. Louis, but also in other cities nationwide. Black and white children in the St. Louis region remain educationally divided, and the state Board of Education knows what needs to change in order for black children to gain a better
Although Boston was perceived to be a free and racially balanced state, the people of Boston never welcomed diversity. The city of Bos...
The Newark riots of 1967 were very extreme and terrible time in Newark, New Jersey, one of the worst in U.S. history. The riots were between African-Americans and white residents, police officers and the National Guard. The riots were not unexpected. The tension between the city grew tremendously during the 1960's, due to lack of employment for Blacks, inadequate housing, police brutality and political exclusion of blacks from government.
The downgrading of African Americans to certain neighborhoods continues today. The phrase of a not interested neighborhood followed by a shift in the urban community and disturbance of the minority has made it hard for African Americans to launch themselves, have fairness, and try to break out into a housing neighborhood. If they have a reason to relocate, Caucasians who support open housing laws, but become uncomfortable and relocate if they are contact with a rise of the African American population in their own neighborhood most likely, settle the neighborhoods they have transfer. This motion creates a tremendously increase of an African American neighborhood, and then shift in the urban community begins an alternative. All of these slight prejudiced procedures leave a metropolitan African American population with few options. It forces them to remain in non-advanced neighborhoods with rising crime, gang activity, and...
Bryant, Jonathan M. "Ku Klux Klan in the Reconstruction Era." New Georgia Encyclopedia. 09 May 2013. Web. 21 May 2014.
In a society of a violent system it was hard for young blacks to take charge in an non-violent organization, it seemed to be a hypocrisy. And the idea of tolerance was wearing thin for the whole generation. Later on in the year, around August, the first of many large-scale riots began to break out. The first one was in Los Angeles, California and lasted for a little over three weeks. This single riot killed 39 people during its wrath of burning block after block.
In the article “Gentrification’s Insidious Violence: The Truth about American Cities” by Daniel Jose Older, Older places emphasis on the neighboring issue of gentrification in minority, low income communities or as better known as being called the “hood” communities. The author is biased on how race is a factor in gentrifying communities by local governments. Older explains his experience as a paramedic aiding a white patient in the “hood” where he was pistol whipped in a home invasion by a black male. This is an example of black on white crime which is found to be a normal occurrence in the residence of his community. But that is not the case in Older’s situation because that was the first time he has
This event was impacted by the Brown vs. Education case. The town of Little Rock Arkansas was one of the most clean, pretty, and quiet cities of the United States in the late fifties. All citizens that had lived there took an abundant amount of pride in their town for its aesthetic atmosphere and peaceful cleanliness. Previous to the events that changed the lives of nine students, as well as, the race relations in America; Little Rock was a town where there was very little tension. “Negroes and whites, for many years had lived si...
The Tulsa race riot changed the course of American history by actively expressing African American views on white supremacy. Certainly I feel with the available facts in this research paper, that the whites were the aggressors for the events leading up to the Tulsa race riot and the start of the Tulsa race riot. African Americans were simply there to stand up against the white supremacy and to provide the African Americans Tulsa their freedom and equal justice.
“Child Labor in U.S. History.” Child Labor Public Education Project. 2011. Web. 2. April. 2014
This impactful photograph is the result of an emphasis placed upon the appearance, situation, and story of a young girl. The Carolina Cotton Mill tells the tale of hardships faced by child laborers. Sadie Pfeiffer became a representative for all children who were forced to mature sooner than should have been expected of them. In the final analysis, Hine provided the world with an illustration that spoke of the challenges faced by America’s children and prompted awareness of the inhumanity that was child