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The March

Frank, David A. (University of Oregon, 2019)

The March is a documentary by filmmaker James Blue (1930-1980) about the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom in August of 1963. Blue filmed participants as they prepared for the March on Washington in their home cities, ...
Minoru Yasui: You Can See the Mountain From Here

Upp, Barbara Annette Bellus (University of Oregon, 1997-06)

This dissertation is a narrative account of the life of Minoru Yasui, 1916-1986. Minoru Yasui was a Nisei (second generation Japanese American), born in Hood River, Oregon, and a graduate of the University of Oregon (B.A., ...
The Model City: Civil Rights, the Black Panther Party, and the Revolution of Urban Politics in Portland, Oregon

Burke, Lucas (University of Oregon, 2012)

In recent decades, scholars have praised Portland as a model for urban planning and citizen participation. This thesis complicates Portland's rose-colored image by situating it within recent histories on the long civil ...
Sisters: Exploring how choices, family, and the passage of time shaped the lives of Irish nuns in Texas

Decker, Emma Marie (University of Oregon, 2017)

In the 1950s, two 18-year-old sisters from rural County Roscommon, Ireland immigrated to a convent in San Antonio, Texas to become nuns. They spent the rest of their lives teaching in the American South, Mexico, Ghana and ...