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Beatrice Morrow Cannady

Pioneer African-American civil rights advocate in Oregon.

Aired 05/14/2007 | Rating TV-G

Oregon Experience

Beatrice Morrow Cannady

Season 1 Episode 107 | 28m 59sVideo has Closed Captions

Pioneer African-American civil rights advocate in Oregon.

Beatrice Morrow Cannady was a leading African-American civil rights activist in Portland during the early part of the 20th century. As a newspaper publisher and lawyer, she challenged racial prejudice and discrimination at a time when the Ku Klux Klan was rising to power.

Aired 05/14/2007 | Rating TV-G

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Oregon Experience is a local public television program presented by OPB

Oregon Experience

Beatrice Morrow Cannady

Season 1 Episode 107 | 28m 59sVideo has Closed Captions

Beatrice Morrow Cannady was a leading African-American civil rights activist in Portland during the early part of the 20th century. As a newspaper publisher and lawyer, she challenged racial prejudice and discrimination at a time when the Ku Klux Klan was rising to power.

Aired 05/14/2007 | Rating TV-G

Problems with Closed Captions? Closed Captioning Feedback

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