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Oregon has never documented our Black historic sites, making our understanding of Oregon’s past incomplete. Help fill that gap in our collective knowledge with a presentation at the Klamath County Library on Monday, August 22nd at 1pm.
Join Zachary Stocks, executive director at Oregon Black Pioneers, and Ann Craig from the Museum of Natural and Cultural History for an illustrated presentation on a new project that will document and celebrate Black historic sites across the state – including some here in Klamath Falls.
Oregon Black Pioneers is the state’s only historical society dedicated to documenting and showcasing the experiences of Black people throughout the state. You can find more about them and their mission, including an interactive map of notable Black people, groups, and businesses in Oregon’s history, at oregonblackpioneers.org.
Oregon’s Museum of Natural and Cultural History, located in Eugene, is part of the University of Oregon campus. Since 1935, the museum has collected hundreds of thousands of artifacts fossils and other objects which document the biological, archaeological and ethnographic history of Oregon. (They’ve also provided lots of educational content for Klamath County Libraries, including hands-on dinosaur exhibits, experiments highlighting sophisticated engineering by Oregon’s Indigenous peoples, cool facts about animals you can spot in your own backyard, and much more.) You can find more about them, including directions to visit, on their webpage: mnch.uoregon.edu.
For more information, call 541-882-8894, or visit the downtown library’s Information & Reference desk.