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Portland (Or.) -- Race relations

 Subject
Subject Source: Lcnaf

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Harold S. Hirsch interviews

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 35025042705331]
Identifier: Coll 426
Abstract

This collection consists of Harold S. Hirsch interview transcripts. 11 interviews were conducted between March 6, 1988 and August 27, 1989 by Helene Hirsch Oppenheimer.

Dates: March 1988-August 1989

Cheryl D. James defense committee records

 Collection — Folder 1-3: [Barcode: i50142860]
Identifier: A 307
Abstract

Cheryl Dawn James was an eighteen-year-old African American woman from Portland, Oregon, who was convicted of assaulting an FBI agent; a group of interested parties formed a defense committee on her behalf and argued that racism within the court and the FBI had factored into the case. The collection (1967-1975) contains defense committee records, clippings, printed matter, and also newsletters from the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom.

Dates: 1967-1975