A biography of Abner Hunt Francis – an abolitionist, social activist, and business owner in early Portland.
The Register
Weekly biographies of some of the most noted African American individuals in Oregon’s history, with host Zachary Stocks. The Register is a co-production of KMUN and Oregon Black Pioneers.
A biography of McCants Stewart – an influential scholar and the first African American to practice law in Oregon.
A biography of George Washington Bush – an early black homesteader who challenged the racial exclusion laws of the Oregon Territory.
A biography of Jackie Winters – an Oregon State Senator, restaurateur, and cofounder of Oregon Black Pioneers.
A biography of Mary Jane Holmes Shipley Drake – one of Oregon’s the first African Americans to live nearly their entire life in Oregon and was the matriarch of a large family of early Black residents.
A biography of Moses “Black” Harris – a legendary mountain man, who became one of the most sought-after guides of the overland wagon trains to Oregon in the 1840s.
A biography of Hattie Redmond – an early Black activist and one of the most prominent members of Oregon’s woman suffrage movement in the 1910s.
A biography of Mary Jane Holmes Shipley Drake – one of Oregon’s the first African Americans to live nearly their entire life in Oregon and was the matriarch of a large family of early Black residents.
A biography of William Badger – a Gearhart business owner and the first Black city councilor in Oregon.
A biography of Hannah and Eliza Gorman – Benton County’s first Black residents and landowners.