In 1844, when Oregon was still a territory, it passed its first Black exclusionary law. It banned slavery, but it also prohibited Black people from living in the territory for more than three years.

An advocacy organization in Portland helps White homeowners sell their homes below market rate to Black and Indigenous buyers. (Story first aired on All Things Considered on May 11, 2023.) ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — The population in the state of Oregon is almost 87% white and only 2.2% Black according to the U.S. Census Bureau. "Often you will be the only one at work, you'll be the only ...

Oregonians generally believe the state's black history dates back to the shipyards in the 1940s. An exhibit at the Oregon History Museum addresses an overlooked, earlier era of Oregon's African ...

In 2019 the average first home purchased by a Black buyer was valued at $127,000 but accrued $90,000 in mortgage debt, while first-time homes purchased by white buyers were valued at $139,000 with ...

Oregon's first large population of Black people happened during World War II. Many of them worked at the Kaiser shipyards and lived in Vanport. Almost overnight it became Oregon's second-largest ...

The revival of a ghost town has unearthed the history of Black loggers who worked in Oregon when it was illegal for them to even live in the state. 100 years later, revival of ghost town tells ...