Teaching the Civil Rights Movement from the Oregon Department of Education offers a wealth of materials to support rich instruction about the Civil Rights Movement, both from national and Oregon perspectives.

Talking About Race from the National Museum of African American History & Culture. Talking about race, although hard, is necessary. This website provides tools and guidance to empower your journey and inspire conversation

Teaching Tolerance: “What is White Privilege, Really?” Recognizing white privilege begins with truly understanding the term itself.

Blacks in Oregon: An essay by Dr. Darrell Millner for the Oregon Encyclopedia.

A Hidden History: In this article from the Summer 2013 issue of Oregon Humanities magazine Skin, Walidah Imarisha charts the stories and struggles of Oregon’s African American communities.

Oregon Experience: Oregon’s Black Pioneers: Long before Oregon became a state, Black people were in the Far West. Some were brought to the region as slaves, but many others arrived as freemen looking for a new life. They opened boarding houses and stores, worked farms and mined for gold. But as more white settlers arrived over the Oregon Trail, the newcomers passed discriminatory laws to keep African Americans out. Oregon Experience examines the largely unknown history of Oregon’s Black pioneers.

Civil Rights and Anti-Black Violence in America and Oregon: A presentation by Dr. Darrell Millner and Dr. Jason Morgan Ward, recorded at the Oregon Historical Society.

Code Switch is a weekly NPR podcast about race and identity.