Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

Only $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

But Not Jim Crow: Family Memories of African American Loggers of Maxville, Oregon
Ebook series1 title

African American Loggers Series

Rating: 0 out of 5 stars

()

Currently unavailable

Currently unavailable

About this series

This book is about African American loggers who came to Oregon during the Great Migration of more than six million African Americans from the Jim Crow south to the north.  They began arriving in Maxville, a railroad-logging town in Wallowa County owned by the Bowman Hicks Lumber Company.  They first arrived in

LanguageEnglish
Release dateApr 23, 2019
But Not Jim Crow: Family Memories of African American Loggers of Maxville, Oregon

Titles in the series (1)

  • But Not Jim Crow: Family Memories of African American Loggers of Maxville, Oregon

    1

    But Not Jim Crow: Family Memories of African American Loggers of Maxville, Oregon
    But Not Jim Crow: Family Memories of African American Loggers of Maxville, Oregon

    This book is about African American loggers who came to Oregon during the Great Migration of more than six million African Americans from the Jim Crow south to the north.  They began arriving in Maxville, a railroad-logging town in Wallowa County owned by the Bowman Hicks Lumber Company.  They first arrived in

Author

Pearl Alice Marsh

Pearl Alice Marsh was born in La Grande, Oregon and lived in the town of Wallowa, Oregon until the age of twelve. She is the daughter of Amos Marsh, Sr. and Mary (Patterson) Marsh and the granddaughter of Joseph "Pa Pat" Patterson, Sr. and Arie "Ma Pat" (Spears) Patterson, well-known African-American loggers and spouses in the area, and is a former president of the Maxville Heritage Interpretative Center. Her work documenting Oregon's Black logging history has been featured in Oregon Historical Quarterly and on Oregon Public Broadcasting's Think Out Loud. She is the first African American woman to earn a Ph.D. in political science from the University of California at Berkeley, and she served with the U. S. House of Representatives International Relations Committee as a Senior Policy Advisor with expertise in African political, economic, social, and development issues until her retirement in 2013.

Related to African American Loggers

Related ebooks

African American History For You

View More

Related categories

Reviews for African American Loggers

Rating: 0 out of 5 stars
0 ratings

0 ratings0 reviews

What did you think?

Tap to rate

Review must be at least 10 words