{"id":13096,"date":"2013-11-30T01:00:29","date_gmt":"2013-11-30T01:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wpmu.library.oregonstate.edu\/oregon-multicultural-archives\/?p=13096"},"modified":"2013-11-30T01:00:29","modified_gmt":"2013-11-30T01:00:29","slug":"sundown-towns-display-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/oregonmulticulturalarchives\/2013\/11\/30\/sundown-towns-display-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"Sundown Towns in Oregon Display, Fall 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a> Sundown Towns in Oregon Display, 2013<\/p>\n

This Fall term Professor Jean Moule again taught her course TCE 408H \u201cSundown Towns in Oregon\u201d and she invited the OMA to be a part of the classroom experience!<\/p>\n

Natalia Fern\u00e1ndez, OMA Archivist, worked with Professor Moule to co-teach the course. The two credit class began with a meeting in the OSU Special Collections & Archives Research Center\u00a0reading room\u00a0with an introduction to archives and archival research. Over the course of the next two months we met to discuss the book Sundown Towns: A Hidden Dimension of American Racism<\/em>\u00a0by James Loewen, we talked with OSU Press author R. Gregory Nokes<\/a> about his research process for his book Breaking Chains: Slavery on Trial in the Oregon Territory<\/em>, we traveled to the State Archives in Salem for a tour and hands-on archival research\u00a0experience, and we co-curated a display for the Valley Library: \u201cSundown Towns in Oregon: Researching a Hidden Dimension of Oregonian Racism\u201d<\/p>\n

So, what is a Sundown Town?<\/p>\n

A Sundown Town is \u201cany organized jurisdiction that for decades kept African Americans or other groups from living in it and thus \u201call-white\u201d on purpose\u2026from about 1890 \u2013 1968, white Americans established thousands of towns across the United States\u201d (Sundown Towns<\/em>, 4)<\/p>\n

And, why is knowing about and understanding Sundown Towns important?<\/p>\n

\u201cRecovering the memory of the increasing oppression of African Americans during the first half of the twentieth century can deepen our understanding of the role racism has played in our society and continued to play today\u201d (Sundown Towns<\/em>, 16)<\/p>\n

Photos of the Display and More Information about Sundown Towns is available through the Sundown Towns in Oregon Fall 2013 Flickr Set<\/a><\/p>\n

And, 3 of the\u00a04 student’s final reports have been added to OSU’s ScholarsArchive:<\/p>\n

Salem<\/a><\/p>\n

Silverton<\/a><\/p>\n

Damascus<\/a><\/p>\n

Lake Oswego<\/p>\n

\u00a0Want to learn more about Sundown Towns?<\/p>\n

Check out Jim Loewen\u2019s website: Sundown Towns http:\/\/sundown.afro.illinois.edu\/sundowntowns.php<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00a0And, be sure to see last year\u2019s display: Fall 2012 Sundown Towns Display<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00a0Display Information:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dates: December 2013 \u2013 January 2014
\nLocation: OSU Valley Library, 5th Floor across from the main elevators
\nExhibit Curation and Design: TCE 408H Class and Natalia Fern\u00e1ndez, Oregon Multicultural Librarian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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