Black History

April 2023

In Freedom’s Footsteps: Juneteenth Community History Walk
In Freedom’s Footsteps: Juneteenth Community History Walk

In Freedom’s Footsteps: Juneteenth Community History Walk

Heritage Center2023-05-05T11:20:16-07:00April 24th, 2023|Categories: In Freedom's Footsteps|Tags: Black History, Juneteenth, Salem, Walking Tour|

Believed to be Albert and Mary Ann Bayless. From St. Paul's AME Church Photo, State Library of Oregon 2006.001.0705 In partnership with Oregon [...]

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March 2023

Sgt. Major John W. Jackson and Caroline Woodson Jackson
Sgt. Major John W. Jackson and Caroline Woodson Jackson

Biographies, People

Sgt. Major John W. Jackson and Caroline Woodson Jackson

Heritage Center2023-10-26T23:11:28-07:00March 20th, 2023|Categories: Biographies, People|Tags: 1463 Winter St NE, 421 62nd Avenue, 431 62nd Avenue, 541 62nd Avenue, 565 62nd Avenue, 567 62nd Avenue, 611 62nd Avenue, 6140 State Street, 62nd Avenue, Berline Crossroads Ohio, Black History, Caroline Jackson, Caroline Woodson, Caroline Woodson Jackson, Claxter Road NE, Free Methodist Church, George Carlton Jackson, George Carlton Welch, Harriet Anderson Woodson, Harriet Woodson, Hayesville, Hayesville Cemetery, Hayesville Farmers Club, John W. Jackson, Kiger Way, Salem, Salem Oregon, Women's Suffrage|

Tombstone of John W. and Caroline Woodson Jackson in Hayesville Cemetery, Salem, Oregon. Photo taken February 2023. Photo by Kylie Pine Salem’s [...]

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February 2022

Salem’s Emancipation Jubilee Celebrations
Salem’s Emancipation Jubilee Celebrations

Community Memories, Salem History Hub

Salem’s Emancipation Jubilee Celebrations

Heritage Center2023-01-23T12:08:58-08:00February 15th, 2022|Categories: Community Memories, Salem History Hub|Tags: African-Americans, Bayless, Black History, Emancipation Jubilee, Emancipation Proclamation, Racism, Reverend Daniel Jones, Salem, Slavery|

By the President of the United States of America: A Proclamation…That on the first day of January, in the year of our Lord one [...]

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January 2021

Frank Gorman and Salem’s Tiger Fire Engine Company
Frank Gorman and Salem’s Tiger Fire Engine Company

Community Memories, History Tidbits

Frank Gorman and Salem’s Tiger Fire Engine Company

Heritage Center2022-07-09T14:52:20-07:00January 27th, 2021|Categories: Community Memories, History Tidbits|Tags: Adeline Lorenzo Cummings, African American, Black History, Firefighters, Frank Gorman, George Allen Bonter, Hannah Gorman, Hiram Gorman, Jackson Bonter, Mary Parks Bonter, Salem Fire Department, Tiger Engine Compay No. 2, Volunteer Firefighters|

Salem's Tiger Engine Company No. 2. WHC 0082.002.0022.046. For the past few years I have been captivated by this photograph. It shows [...]

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