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Tuesday, February 28 – McMenamins Edgefield & THS History Pub
02/28/2023 @ 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM UTC-9
Time: 7pm (doors 6:00pm)
Location: McMenamins Edgefield Blackberry Hall, 2126 SW Halsey Street, Troutdale, Oregon 97060
Topic: A Peculiar Paradise: A History of Blacks in Oregon, 1788-1940. Book by Elizabeth McLagan. More than 40 years after its original publication, this book remains the most comprehensive chronology of Black life in Oregon. And now this Second Edition, more information is included that wasn’t previously available. Elizabeth McLagan’s work details how in spite of historic legal and social barriers, pioneering Black individuals and families preserved in Oregon and helped create the state’s modern Black communities. Visit here for more information.