VIRTUAL EXHIBITS
Below are some virtual exhibits and resources where you can learn more about Portland online!
STORY MAP
The Advocate: Fighting for Equity and Equality
Beatrice Morrow Cannady and her long history of Black activism in Oregon
Beatrice Morrow Cannady was a prominent Civil Rights activist during the 1910s through the 1930s. The early 1900’s in Portland was a time of resurgence of the Klu Klux Klan, racism in Portland establishments, racist laws in Oregon, and segregation in Portland Public Schools. Cannady advocated for the Black community in Portland, Oregon through her newspaper The Advocate, her NAACP chapter, her law degree, her interracial teas, and her lectures at predominately white churches. Cannady’s ideology was that “knowledge begets understanding” and “if white and Black people could get in a room and discuss race it would cause goodwill and love between the two races”
STORY MAP
This interactive digital Story Map, accessible online, highlights 20 different locations that were core to the establishment of Portland’s Japanese community, especially in the area of Northwest Portland known as Japantown—Nihonmachi, in Japanese—in the early 1900s. This area was home to hundreds of Japanese-owned shops, restaurants, hotels and services until the Japanese community was imprisoned during World War II. These 20 stories include key people and buildings that helped anchor Nihonmachi, some of which still exist today elsewhere in Portland.
MAP: PORTLAND’S HISTORIC LOCATIONS
Explore Portland’s history virtually through the AHC’s history mapping project.
The highlighted locations are a selection of historic and architecturally significant places in and around Portland, with images and summaries of their stories and history. Click on the blue buttons to learn about these landmarks.
Curated by the Architectural Heritage Center.