Oregon's Black Pioneers
Season 13 Episode 1 | 29m 42s | Video has closed captioning.
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 blacks out.
Aired: 02/25/19
