Join us as we welcome the Oregon Black Pioneers to present 450 years in 45 minutes Thursday, February 5th, at 6:00 pm1050 Portland Ave, Gladstone - Gladstone Community Center This is a presentation about how People of African descent have lived and worked in Oregon since before the founding of the earliest English-speaking settlements in the Americas. Despite this, the popular narrative of our state's history excludes the experiences of African Americans before the mid-20th century. This erasure is the result of historic legal and social marginalization that contributes to the ignorance of Oregon's Black heritage, as well as influences contemporary disparities in housing access, community investment, and policing. For this presentation, Oregon Black Pioneers will attempt to correct the record by highlighting key individuals and events that characterize Oregon's unique and centuries-old Black history. This is a free community event!