Black History: Oregon’s Past & Future

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Bridgetown Church

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🗓️ 1 February 2022

⏱️ 20 minutes

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For the month of February, we are honoring Black History Month. Each week, members of our church family will be sharing stories that acknowledge and celebrate Black history - from their lived experiences and the world at-large. Listen as Christa & Deidra discuss Oregon’s past and a vision for the future.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Bridge Town Church Podcast. For the month of February, we are honoring Black
0:09.1	History Month. Each week, members of our Church family will be sharing stories that acknowledge
0:14.2	and celebrate Black History, from both their lived experiences and the world of life.
0:22.1	Hi, Bridge Town family. My name is Krista, and I'm Diedre, and we're here to introduce the
0:28.2	Black History Month Podcast. Black History Month is a time of both celebration and I've
0:34.5	remembering. When it comes to Portland's history, there's a lot to remember. Oh my gosh.
0:40.2	Yeah. There's so much, right? Yeah. Lots of people, when they think about Oregon history,
0:46.5	they think of the Oregon Trail and Lewis and Maryweather, and that's it. Not many people envision
0:54.0	a state that was predetermined to be whites only, a state that gave any Black people in the area,
1:05.2	men, two years to get out of the state after they decided that it was going to be whites only,
1:10.0	and Black women, three years. And if they didn't leave, they were in fear of their life,
1:15.3	or being beaten as punishment. When we think of our current city, we think of Portland as being
1:24.6	progressive and liberal and inclusive. But what we don't know, or what we don't think about,
1:31.6	is how much history really does influence us now. And the history of Oregon is that the foundation
1:39.3	was whites only, which then created an environment for the KKK to move in and prosper. Yeah.
1:45.8	There were more KKK members here in Oregon than anywhere west of the Mississippi. And per capita,
1:55.5	more KKK members per capita in Oregon than Louisiana, Georgia, Texas, South Carolina,
2:04.1	North Carolina, Alabama, all of those places that we think of as the cursed South and the
2:09.7	awful things that happened. And here it was in Oregon. Yeah. And that's that's wild to me.
2:16.0	I went to school in Georgia, and I'm very familiar with that environment. So to know that
2:21.1	is a mind-blowing and terrifying event. But so that's a big part of our history. And I know there
2:27.6	is more. I've heard a lot about a band port. Can you can you shed some light on that as well? Yeah,
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