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Why is Oregon so White? (The History of Black Exclusion Laws in Oregon)
Oregon once had a set of laws in place that legally prohibited African Americans from entering the state. Although these laws were not actively enforced, they were incredibly effective in preventing Black people from settling in Oregon. Audio...
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February 06, 2023
Why is Oregon so White? (The History of Black Exclusion Laws in Oregon)
Oregon once had a set of laws in place that legally prohibited African Americans from entering the state. Although these laws were not actively enforced, they were incredibly effective in preventing Black people from settling in Oregon. Audio...
February 02, 2023
The Other KFC (The History of Korean Fried Chicken and Black GIs)
As Black GIs were stationed in South Korea during the Korean War, they were able to introduce the Korean people to American Fried Chicken. Audio Onemichistory.com Please support our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=25697914 Buy me a Coffee...
January 23, 2023
A Hero's Journey (The Murder of Medger Evers)
Medgar Evers was Civil rights activist and the first state field secretary of the NAACP in Mississippi. When he was assassinated outside of his Mississippi home in 1963. Audio Onemichistory.com Please support our Patreon:...
January 09, 2023
The Dangerous Ride Towards Freedom (The Story of the Freedom Riders)
Freedom Riders were a group of activists who rode interstate buses to challenge the enforcement of two Supreme Court decisions, which ruled that segregated public buses were unconstitutional. Audio Onemichistory.com Please support our Patreon:...
December 26, 2022
The SNCC and Student Civil Rights Activism
The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee was the principal method for student involvement in the civil rights movement during the 1960s. Emerging in 1960 from the sit-ins movement at segregated lunch counters in Greensboro, North Carolina....
December 12, 2022
How Four Black Students Changed the World (The Story of the Greensboro Four)
On February, 1, 1960, Four Black college students that sat at a "whites only" Woolworth lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina and sparked a movement that would spread to towns throughout the South and forced Woolworth’s and other establishments...
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