Black History of the PNW(in progress)

• Ren Woods 1 Jan 1958 - Present
• Medorem Crawford 24 Jun 1819 - 26 Dec 1891
• Phil Moore (jazz musician) 20 Feb 1918 - 13 May 1987
• Lot Whitcomb 24 Apr 1807 - 31 Mar 1857
• Battle of Woody Point 15 Jun 1811 - 16 Jun 1811
• Cory Jefferson 26 Dec 1990 - Present
• Boones Ferry 1847 - Present
• Julius Fogle 2 Dec 1971 - Present
• Thomas Condon 1822 - 1907
• Alfred S. Bennett 10 Jun 1854 - 28 Nov 1925
• John P. Gaines 22 Sep 1795 - 9 Dec 1857
• Thomas J. Dryer 10 Jan 1808 - 30 Mar 1879
• Thomas Jefferson Hubbard 1806 - 24 Apr 1877
• John Minto (Oregon pioneer) 10 Oct 1822 - 25 Feb 1915
• Thomas Lamb Eliot 13 Oct 1841 - 28 Apr 1936
• Brian Stokes Mitchell 31 Oct 1957 - Present
• Samuel Thurston 17 Apr 1815 - 6 Apr 1851
• Samuel Colver 10 Sep 1815 - 1891
• Ashton Eaton 21 Jan 1988 - Present
• Steve Forbes (boxer) 26 Feb 1977 - Present
• Harvey L. Clark 7 Oct 1807 - 24 Mar 1858
• Andrew J. Thayer 27 Nov 1818 - 28 Apr 1873
• Marcus Whitman 4 Sep 1802 - 29 Nov 1847
• Hudson's Bay Company 2 May 1670 - Present
• Mack Robinson (athlete) 1914 - 2000
• James Nesmith 23 Jul 1820 - 17 Jun 1885
• Isaiah Mustafa 11 Feb 1974 - Present
• K'zell Wesson 24 Jun 1977 - Present
• Avel Gordly 13 Feb 1947 - Present
• William Keil 6 Mar 1812 - 30 Dec 1877
• William L. Adams (pioneer) 1821 - 1906
• Gail Devers 19 Nov 1966 - Present
• Jason Lee (missionary) 28 Jun 1803 - 12 Mar 1845
• Elbridge Trask 15 Jul 1815 - 23 Jun 1863
• York (explorer) 1770 - Present
• Heather Hart 1975 - Present
• Richard A. Jones 1950 - Present
• Nate Robinson (American football) 18 Jan 1985 - Present
• Thomas R. Cornelius 16 Nov 1827 - 24 Jun 1899
• Levi Scott (pioneer) 8 Feb 1797 - 1890
• Kevin Burleson 9 Apr 1979 - Present
• John West (captain) 27 Aug 1809 - 21 Mar 1888
• Aretha Thurmond 14 Aug 1976 - Present
• Peter G. Stewart 6 Sep 1809 - 27 Aug 1900
• Artie Wilson 28 Oct 1920 - 31 Oct 2010
• Joseph Hamilton Lambert 1 Dec 1825 - 12 Nov 1909
• Joseph Gale 29 Apr 1807 - 13 Dec 1881
• Lafayette Lane 12 Nov 1842 - 23 Nov 1896
• Jimi Hendrix 27 Nov 1942 - 18 Sep 1970
• William G. T'Vault 1806 - 4 Feb 1869
• George Henry Williams 26 Mar 1823 - 4 Apr 1910
• Ray Dalton 15 Mar 1991 - Present
• Syvilla Fort 3 Jul 1917 - 8 Nov 1975
• Thomas H. Tongue 23 Jun 1844 - 11 Jan 1903
• Luther Elkins 26 May 1809 - 1885
• Michael Brantley 15 May 1987 - Present
• Oregon Pioneer 1938
• Alvin F. Waller 8 May 1808 - 26 Dec 1875
• Leon Hendrix 13 Jan 1948 - Present
• Bruce Taylor (American football) 28 May 1948 - Present
• Carl Phillips 23 Jul 1959 - Present
• Peter French 30 Apr 1849 - 26 Dec 1897
• John Smith Griffin 23 Nov 1807 - 5 Feb 1899
• Jonathan Stewart 21 Mar 1987 - Present
• Bryan Warrick 22 Jul 1959 - Present
• Henry Van Asselt 1817 - Present
• James A. O'Neil 1800 - Sep 1874
• Robert Crouch Kinney 4 Jul 1813 - 2 Mar 1875
• Thomas Gardner (basketball) 8 Feb 1985 - Present
• Jack Edward Tanner 28 Jan 1919 - 10 Jan 2006
• Elkanah Walker 1805 - 1877
• Risa Lavizzo-Mourey 1954 - Present
• World War I 28 Jul 1914 - 11 Nov 1918
• A. C. Green 4 Oct 1963 - Present
• Robert Eakin 15 Mar 1848 - 1 Oct 1917
• William Thompson (journalist) 1846 - 1934
• Horace R. Cayton, Jr. 12 Apr 1903 - 1970
• Clive Charles 3 Oct 1951 - 26 Aug 2003
• Roswell Lamson 30 Mar 1838 - 14 Aug 1903
• Robert Newell (politician) 30 Mar 1807 - 1869
• Blair Underwood 25 Aug 1964 - Present
• Joseph Lane 14 Dec 1801 - 19 Apr 1881
• Absalom J. Hembree 14 Dec 1813 - 10 Apr 1856
• Tony Wroten 13 Apr 1993 - Present
• Moses Williams (Medal of Honor) 10 Oct 1845 - 23 Aug 1899
• Mary Jane Hayden 1830 - 1918
• Lucien Heath 1819 - 1888
• Joseph C. Avery 9 Jun 1817 - 16 Jun 1876
• Maurice Smith (kickboxer) 13 Dec 1961 - 2008
• Isaac R. Moores, Jr. 14 Feb 1831 - 25 Jul 1884
• Tony Harris (basketball, born 1970) 18 Nov 1970 - 9 Nov 2007
• Jason Terry 15 Sep 1977 - Present
• William H. Willson 1805 - 1856
• Melissa Harris-Perry 2 Oct 1973 - Present
• Marcus Chong 8 Jul 1967 - Present
• Terrence Ross 5 Feb 1991 - Present
• Michael Winslow 6 Sep 1958 - Present
• Eugene Skinner 13 Sep 1809 - 15 Dec 1864
• Aaron Brooks (basketball) 14 Jan 1985 - Present
• Jamal Crawford 20 Mar 1980 - Present
• Ralph Wilcox 9 Jul 1818 - 18 Apr 1877
• Matthew Deady 12 May 1824 - 24 Mar 1893
• Asa Lovejoy 14 Mar 1808 - 10 Sep 1882
• David P. Thompson 8 Nov 1834 - 14 Dec 1901
• Cornelius Gilliam 13 Apr 1798 - 24 Mar 1848
• Ancer L. Haggerty 26 Aug 1944 - Present
• Benjamin Benson Brockway 1829 - 1915
• Joseph Showalter Smith 20 Jun 1824 - 28 Sep 1884
• William B. Daniels 1817 - 1894
• Jesse Applegate 5 Jul 1811 - 22 Apr 1888
• Paine Page Prim 2 May 1822 - 8 Aug 1899
• William J. Bailey 1807 - 1876
• Thelma Johnson Streat 12 Aug 1911 - 1959
• George H. Atkinson 10 May 1819 - 25 Feb 1889
• Albert E. Tozier 7 Mar 1860 - 27 Jun 1937
• Joseph G. Wilson 13 Dec 1826 - 2 Jul 1873
• Doug Christie (basketball) 1970 - Present
• George K. Gay 15 Aug 1810 - 7 Oct 1882
• Beatrice Morrow Cannady 1889 - 1964
• Ron Holden 7 Aug 1939 - 22 Jan 1997
• Edward J. Perkins 8 Jun 1928 - Present
• Osborne Russell 1814 - 1892
• Gustavus Hines 6 Sep 1809 - 9 Dec 1873
• James B. Stephens 9 Nov 1806 - 22 Mar 1889
• James Hasty 23 May 1965 - Present
• Frank M. Warren, Sr. 1848 - 1912
• William W. Chapman 11 Aug 1808 - 18 Oct 1892
• Funmi Jimoh 29 May 1984 - Present
• John Wesley Johnson 22 Mar 1836 - 14 Sep 1898
• Xenobia Bailey 1955 - Present
• James DePreist 21 Nov 1936 - 8 Feb 2013
• Brandon Roy 23 Jul 1984 - Present
• Amory Holbrook 15 Aug 1820 - 26 Sep 1866
• Francis Fletcher 1 Mar 1814 - 7 Oct 1871
• Mel Brown (drummer) 1944 - Present
• Henry Pittock 1 Mar 1835 - 28 Jan 1919
• Whitman massacre 29 Nov 1847
• World War II 1 Sep 1939 - 2 Sep 1945
• Joseph Meek 1810 - 20 Jun 1875
• Tina Ellertson 20 May 1982 - Present
• Sean Okoli 3 Feb 1993 - Present
• Philip Foster 29 Jan 1805 - 17 Mar 1884
• George Law Curry 2 Jul 1820 - 28 Jul 1878
• Dan O'Brien 18 Jul 1966 - Present
• Webley John Hauxhurst 1809 - 1874
• Seth Lewelling 1820 - 1896
• Asahel Bush 4 Jun 1824 - 23 Dec 1913
• George Abernethy 7 Oct 1807 - 2 Mar 1877
• James Henry Dickey Henderson 23 Jul 1810 - 13 Dec 1885
• Revels Cayton 5 Jun 1907 - 4 Nov 1995
• Jesse Quinn Thornton 24 Aug 1810 - 5 Feb 1888
• Richard Williams (congressman) 15 Nov 1836 - 19 Jun 1914
• Ralph Carey Geer 13 Mar 1816 - 9 Jan 1895
• Benjamin Franklin Burch 2 May 1825 - 24 Mar 1893
• George W. Ebbert 10 Jun 1810 - 1 Oct 1890
• Kid Sensation 1971 - Present
• Sinitta 19 Oct 1968 - Present
• Ezra Meeker 29 Dec 1830 - 3 Dec 1928
• Thomas Mercer 1813 - 1898
• Daniel Waldo (Oregon pioneer) 22 Mar 1800 - 10 Sep 1880
• Ndamukong Suh 6 Jan 1987 - Present
• Midge Williams 27 May 1915 - 9 Jan 1952
• Josiah Lamberson Parrish 14 Jan 1806 - 31 May 1895
• Philip Leget Edwards 14 Jul 1812 - 1 May 1869
• Jim Ard 19 Sep 1948 - Present
• Joseph N. Dolph 19 Oct 1835 - 10 Mar 1897
• Alexander M. Drake 1859 - 1934
• Joseph Sherar 16 Nov 1833 - 11 Feb 1908
• Samuel Parker (Oregon politician) 1806 - 1886
• Barlow Road 1845 - Present
• Franklin Raines 14 Jan 1949 - Present
• Lee Dorsey 24 Dec 1924 - 2 Dec 1986
• Ron Sims 5 Jul 1948 - Present
• Reuben F. Maury 1824 - 1906
• David Thomas Lenox 8 Dec 1802 - 18 Oct 1874
• Chauncy Nye 1823 - 1900
• John Gurley Flook 12 Aug 1839 - 1926
• William L. Manly 6 Apr 1820 - 5 Feb 1903
• Narcissa Whitman 14 Mar 1808 - 29 Nov 1847
• Morton M. McCarver 14 Jan 1807 - 17 Apr 1875
• Warren M. Washington 28 Aug 1936 - Present
• François X. Matthieu 1818 - 1914
• William Barlow (pioneer) 1822 - 1904
• Free Soil Party 1848 - Present
• Treaty of 1818 1818 - Present
• Francis Pettygrove 1812 - 5 Oct 1887
• Brice Taylor 29 Jul 1902 - 18 Sep 1974
• James D. Miller 1830 - 1914
• Harold Reynolds 26 Nov 1960 - Present
• William P. Bryant 1806 - 1860
• Joel Palmer 4 Oct 1810 - 9 Jun 1881
• Clinton Kelly (minister) 15 Jun 1808 - 19 Jun 1875
• Joseph Kellogg 1812 - 1882
• Taylor Mays 7 Feb 1988 - Present
• Sam Barlow (Oregon pioneer) 7 Dec 1795 - 14 Jul 1867
• Pleasant M. Armstrong 1810 - 1853
• Legacy Emanuel Medical Center 1912 - Present
• Thomas J. Farnham 1804 - 13 Sep 1848
• Abigail Scott Duniway 22 Oct 1834 - 1915
• Robert Gray's Columbia River expedition 1792
• Ron Sim 1958 - Present
• Todd Nelson (tennis) 18 Mar 1961 - Present
• Ira Babcock 1808 - 1888
• John H. Couch 28 Feb 1811 - 19 Jan 1870
• Chauncey Hosford 27 Dec 1820 - 1911
• Alice Ball 24 Jul 1892 - 31 Dec 1916
• Oleta Adams 4 May 1953 - Present
• Mfon Udoka 16 Jun 1976 - Present
• Terrell Brandon 20 May 1970 - Present
• George LeBreton 1810 - 1844
• Ronnie Brewer 20 Mar 1985 - Present
• Esperanza Spalding 18 Oct 1984 - Present
• Terrence Jones 9 Jan 1992 - Present
• Star Parker 22 Nov 1956 - Present
• Alphonso Boone 7 Nov 1796 - 27 Feb 1850
• Ime Udoka 9 Aug 1977 - Present
• Star of Oregon (event) 1840
• William D. Hare 1 Sep 1834 - 6 Feb 1910
• Peter Hardeman Burnett 15 Nov 1807 - 17 May 1895
• John McNulty (steamboat captain) 1830 - Present
• McCants Stewart 1877 - 1919
• Robert V. Short 31 Mar 1823 - 7 Sep 1908
• Pam Veasey 25 May 1962 - Present
• Nathaniel Ford 1795 - 1870
• William H. Gray (Oregon politician) 1810 - 1889
• Jerami Grant 12 Mar 1994 - Present
• Don Pedro Colley 30 Aug 1938 - Present
• Abel Helman 10 Apr 1824 - 5 Mar 1910
• Margaret Carter 29 Dec 1935 - Present
• William A. Hilliard 1927 - Present
• Elijah White 1806 - 3 Apr 1879
• Thomas J. Howell (botanist) 8 Oct 1842 - 3 Dec 1912
• Carrie Mae Weems 20 Apr 1953 - Present
• Phil Heath 18 Dec 1979 - Present
• John H. Moores 26 Jun 1821 - 16 Dec 1880
• Jim Hill (Oregon politician) 23 Apr 1947 - Present
• Alanson Beers 19 Aug 1808 - 20 Feb 1853
• American Civil War 12 Apr 1861 - 10 May 1865
• Alonzo A. Skinner 1814 - 30 Apr 1877
• Ewing Young 1799 - 9 Feb 1841
• Adolph Aschoff 21 May 1849 - 1930
• Mulugeta Seraw 21 Oct 1960 - 13 Nov 1988
• William Waldo (Oregon politician) 1832 - 1911
• Tre Simmons 24 Jul 1982 - Present
• Felix Hathaway 1798 - 1856
• Marvin Williams 19 Jun 1986 - Present
• Eric Metcalf 23 Jan 1968 - Present
• William W. Page 1836 - 1897
• Stephen Meek 4 Jul 1807 - 8 Jan 1889
• Chloe Clark Willson 1818 - 1874
• Charles T. Tozier 7 Nov 1832 - 6 Jul 1899
• Socrates Hotchkiss Tryon, Sr. 24 Jan 1816 - 15 May 1855
• Owen Wade 1831 - 1902
• William Gilpin (governor) 4 Oct 1813 - 20 Jan 1894
• Thomas McKay (fur trader) 1796 - 1849
• Sir Mix-a-Lot 12 Aug 1963 - Present
• François Norbert Blanchet 30 Sep 1795 - 18 Jun 1883
• Margaret Jewett Smith Bailey 1812 - 17 May 1882
• Grafton Tyler Brown 1841 - 1918
• Jeffrey Williams (fashion designer) 16 Jan 1984 - Present
• Lindsay Applegate 18 Sep 1808 - 28 Nov 1892
• Terry Metcalf 24 Sep 1951 - Present
• Albert E. Wilson 1813 - 1861
• Charles H. Bennett (soldier) 18 Aug 1811 - 7 Dec 1855
• William Marion Ramsey 1846 - 1937
• Jermaine Kearse 6 Feb 1990 - Present
• Henry H. Spalding 1803 - 1874
• Hiram Straight 1814 - 1897
• Anita L. Allen 24 Mar 1953 - Present
• DeAndre Yedlin 9 Jul 1993 - Present
• Henry A. G. Lee 1818 - 1851
• Ahmad Rashād 19 Nov 1949 - Present
• Isaac R. Moores 23 Mar 1796 - 15 Apr 1861
• Billy North 15 May 1948 - Present
• Cha Cha Malone 25 May 1987 - Present
• Benjamin Hayden 11 Sep 1822 - 29 Oct 1908
• Martell Webster 4 Dec 1986 - Present
• Steven Paul Logan 1965 - Present
• David Leslie (Oregon politician) 1797 - 1 Mar 1869
• Portland Rosebuds (baseball) 1946
• Richard Washington 15 Jul 1955 - Present
• David Hill (Oregon politician) 1809 - 9 May 1850
• Oregon Trail 1836 - 1866
• Oregon Treaty 1846
• Oregon boundary dispute 1844 - 1846
• The Great Depression 1929 - 1939
• Willie Barrow 7 Dec 1924 - 12 Mar 2015
• William Tebeau 23 Nov 1925 - 5 Jul 2013
• William McCoy (Oregon politician) 11 Jun 1921 - Apr 1996
• Sydna Edmonia Robella Francis 1815 - 11 May 1889
• Robin Holmes 1 Jan 1810
• Robert E. Lee Folkes 20 Jun 1922 - 5 Jan 1945
• Richard Arthur Bogle 1835 - 1904
• Reuben Shipley 1 Jan 1800 - 1872
• Mary Jane Holmes Shipley Drake 29 Nov 1841 - 26 Jan 1925
• Oregon black exclusion laws 1 Jan 1844
• Lizzie Weeks 1879 - 1976
• Lewis Southworth 4 Jul 1830 - 28 Jun 1917
• Letitia Carson 1814 - 1888
• Kent Ford (activist) 1943 - Present
• Janice Scroggins 17 Jul 1955 - 27 May 2014
• James D. Saules 1800s - 1850s
• Harriet Redmond 1862 - 1952
• Gladys McCoy 28 Feb 1928 - 11 Apr 1993
• George Riley (abolitionist) 1833 - 1905
• DeNorval Unthank Jr. 27 Oct 1929 - 2 Nov 2000
• DeNorval Unthank 14 Dec 1899 - 20 Sep 1977
• Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution 1868
• Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution 1865
• Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution 1870
• Vanport, Oregon 1942 - 1948
• Murder of Yolanda Panek 24 Jun 1974
• Shooting of Kendra James 5 May 2003
• Abner Hunt Francis 1813 - 1872
• Cameron Whitten 29 Aug 1991 - Present
• Charles Ray Jordan 1 Sep 1937 - 4 Apr 2014
• Oregon Country 1818 - Present
• Donation Land Act 27 Sep 1850
• Dred Scott v. Sandford 6 Mar 1857
• Oregon Constitution 14 Feb 1859
• Roberta Byrd Barr 4 Jan 1919 - 23 Jun 1993
• Barbara Earl Thomas 1948 - Present
• Lew Frederick 1 Dec 1951 - Present
• Lita Gaithers 30 Jul 1956 - Present
• George Floyd protests in Portland, Oregon 28 May 2020 - 2020
• The Advocate (Portland, Oregon) 1903 - Present
• Albina Riot of 1967 1 Jan 1967
• Cotton Club (Portland, Oregon) 1 Jan 1963
• The Dream (sculpture) 1998 - Present
• Louisa Flowers 1849 - 1928
• H. C. Keck House 1899 - Present
• KNUM-LP 2017
• Martin Luther King Jr. School Museum of Contemporary Art 2014 - Present
• Mayo House (Portland, Oregon) 1895 - Present
• North Williams Avenue 1872 - Present
• Portland New Age 1896 - Present
• Portland Observer 1970 - Present
• 2017 Portland train attack 26 May 2017
• Red House eviction defense 2020 - Present
• Rosemary Anderson High School 1983 - Present
• The Dude Ranch 1945 - 1946
• West Coast Negro Baseball Association 1946 - Present
• Statue of Rosa Parks (Eugene, Oregon) 2009 - Present
• YWCA of Greater Portland 1901 - Present
• Mt. Union Cemetery 1 Jan 1861 - Present
• Joyce Anne Barr 1951 - Present
• Nissim 1986 - Present
• Jonathan Moore (musician) 22 Apr 1969 - 8 Mar 2017
• Geffrey Davis 1983 - Present
• Dejounte Murray 19 Sep 1996 - Present
• Black Lunch Table Jun 2005 - Present
• Quinton Crawford 18 Sep 1990 - Present
• Ishmael Butler 3 Jul 1969 - Present
• Carmen Best 1965 - Present
• Andra Day 30 Dec 1984 - Present
• Aminé Daniel 1994 - Present
• Margaret Garner 1834 - 1858
• Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 18 Sep 1850