Description
The article reports an incident involving cross burnings on the lawn of an African American home in the Irvington district of Portland, Oregon. The vandalism occurred in a predominately white neighborhood.The Civil Rights Digital Library received support from a National Leadership Grant for Libraries awarded to the University of Georgia by the Institute of Museum and Library Services for the aggregation and enhancement of partner metadata.
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Record Contributed By
Oregon Historical SocietyRecord Harvested From
Digital Library of GeorgiaKeywords
- African Americans
- Discrimination
- History
- Intimidation
- Neighborhood
- Oregon
- Portland
- Portland (Or.)
- Race Relations
- Racism
- Vandalism
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