The Civil Rights History Project: Survey of Collections and Repositories

Albina Ministerial Alliance series

Repository: Oregon Historical Society. Research Library

Collection Description (CRHP): The Albina Ministerial Alliance was formed in 1958 by black and white pastors from the Albina neighborhood in Portland, Oregon. The goal of the organization was to fund programs and services that encouraged black economic, community and educational development. Interviewees address this alliance and discuss many other topics including social services, racial discrimination, Black Panthers, race relations, African American education, and the civil rights movement. There is an interview that deals with African American life in Texas as well as one of Rev. John Jackson, a major civil rights figure in Portland.

Date(s): 1988

Digital Status: No

Extent: 19 sound cassettes

Finding Aid: Individual catalog records are available in the Oregon Historical Society online catalog.

Language: English

Interviewees: J. C. Foster, Cornetta Smith, Lillian Walker, Grace Osborne, Donald Frazier, John Jackson, Josephus Hardie, Joshua Phillips, Ralph Greenridge, Terry Moe, William Adix, Ronald Herndon

Rights (CRHP): Contact the repository which holds the collection for information on rights

Subjects:

African American churches
African American clergy--Oregon
African American neighborhoods
African Americans--Civil rights--Oregon
African Americans--Oregon
Black Panther Party
Civil rights movements--Oregon
Oregon--Race relations
Poverty
Race discrimination--Oregon
Vanport (Or.)

Genres:

Interviews
Sound recordings