The Story of Tent City
Date
2006
Authors
Mims, Willie
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Publisher
University of Oregon, Environmental Leadership Program
Abstract
The story of Tent City is one of harsh treatment of African Americans who were migrating to Eugene, Oregon in the 1940s. It is a story of descrimination and racism in the West where these issues were not as visible as they were in the South. It is a story of a settlement built of scrap lumber on the muddy floodplain of the Willamette River, held together by a stong sense of community and a faith in a better future. Listen to the story of Willie Mims as he recounts his childhood life in the the settlement where Alton Baker Park sits today.
Description
7 minute, 39 second audio file.