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The Register

Five minute biographies of figure's from Oregon's Black history, produced for KMUN in collaboration with Oregon Black Pioneers. Learn more about OBP and how to support their work at oregonblackpioneers.org

Episodes

August 24, 2021 5 mins

Thelma Johnson Streat – a painter and dancer, who used her art to promote racial equity and education.

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J.A. Merriman – a physician, civic leader, newspaper publisher, and Portland’s first Black doctor.

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August 24, 2021 5 mins

Aaron Brown – a lawyer, mentor, and Oregon’s first Black judge.

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August 24, 2021 5 mins

Geraldine Hammond – a long time Salem educator and the first Black school principal in the Salem-Keizer school district.

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July 22, 2021 4 mins
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July 13, 2021 5 mins

A biography of Ahmad Rashad  a Portland native, a University of Oregon football star, an NFL-Pro Bowler, and a sports broadcasting icon.

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July 13, 2021 5 mins

A biography of Charles Jordan – Portland’s first Black city commissioner, and a longtime director of Portland City Parks.

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July 13, 2021 5 mins

A biography of Lyllye Reynolds-Parker – an educator and one of Eugene’s most important civil rights champions.

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June 16, 2021 4 mins

A biography of Grafton Tyler Brown – the first Black professional painter in the Pacific Northwest.

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June 3, 2021 5 mins

A biography of America Waldo – a former slave and the matriarch of a northwest Black pioneer family.

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June 3, 2021 5 mins

A biography of Carrie Halsell Ward –  the first Black graduate of Oregon State University.

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May 4, 2021 5 mins

A biography of James Monroe Jones  an American expatriate who became one of the most celebrated gunsmiths in 19th century Canada.

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May 4, 2021 5 mins

A biography of Hiram “Hi” Gorman  a formerly enslaved Oregon settler who became a prominent figure in the Salem community.

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May 4, 2021 5 mins

A biography of Margaret Johnson Bailes – a legendary track athlete from Eugene.

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April 6, 2021 4 mins

A biography of Katherine Bogle – a journalist and a civil rights advocate for Black Oregonians.

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March 26, 2021 5 mins

A biography of Malvin L. Brown – a soldier and the first casualty of the US Forest Service’s smokejumper program.

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March 23, 2021 4 mins

A biography of Dr. Edwin Coleman Jr.  a University of Oregon professor, a musician, and prominent leader in Eugene’s African American community for decades.

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March 12, 2021 4 mins

A biography of Joe Lillard – an early Black athlete at the University of Oregon.

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March 8, 2021 4 mins
A biography of Daniel Drew – a Civil War soldier who became a minister and Chaplain of the Oregon chapter of the Grand Army of the Republic.
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February 26, 2021 4 mins

A biography of Alan and Louisa Flowers the heads of a prominent Black family in early Portland, and the city’s first Black land developers.

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