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Old 03-10-2010, 02:17 PM
 
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... just discovered this documentary at the public library. If you're interested in racial issues and Oregon history, you might like to check it out, too: Black History Film “Local Color” Rereleased « golden west project:black in portland history



I couldn't find it on Netflix, and at the PBS store it's on backorder... but they did have it at our local library to check out for free (I haven't checked amazon.com). It is a really interesting documentary (if you like learning about history), with lots of interviews with Blacks who lived in Oregon during the years when they were discriminated against and mistreated simply because of their color. It was amazing to hear of their stories and what all they lived through, and also to learn of the events which happened which brought Oregon from one of the worst places for ethnic minorities to live, to among one of the best places. One of the men interviewed wasn't allowed to have a paper route when he was a boy because he was black - yet at the time of the interview for this film he had become the editor of the newspaper! Love that!
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Old 03-10-2010, 06:20 PM
 
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We're in a new month elf, it's Women's History month now, but thanks for the 411

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Old 03-11-2010, 01:21 PM
 
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ha ha - ooops, sorry my bad! Well - the film does interview Black women, too...
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