J.A. Merriman – a physician, civic leader, newspaper publisher, and Portland’s first Black doctor.
Geraldine Hammond – a long time Salem educator and the first Black school principal in the Salem-Keizer school district.
A biography of Charles Jordan – Portland’s first Black city commissioner, and a longtime director of Portland City Parks.
A biography of George Washington Bush – an early black homesteader who challenged the racial exclusion laws of the Oregon Territory.