Portland Pioneers of Color Walking Tour

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Fri, 12/12/2014 - 6:00pm to 7:00pm

Portland Pioneers of Color Walking Tour shares stories of the first African American citizens

This Friday we discuss the new Portland Pioneers of Color Walking tour. This tour of downtown highlights the stories of "Portland's early African American citizens - persons freed from the institution of slavery - who came to Portland in search for Freedom, Independence, Community, and Economic opportunity!" Every Saturdays, rain or shine, Stephen Hanks walks you around downtown while sharing the most fascinating details about the lives of some of the first Black people to live in Portland.

Stephen Hanks is a local genealogist in Portland, and specialist in African American Genealogy. In 2006 he was a contributor to the PBS special "African American Lives - Oprah's Roots" hosted by Dr. Henry Louis Gates - which traced the ancestry of Oprah Winfrey. Stephen's new book "Akee Tree, A Descendant's Quest For His Ancestors on the Eskridge Plantations" was released last year. It tells the story of Stephen's 10-year project to trace his father's family and discovered one of his African ancestors." Stephen designed the Portland Pioneers of Color walking tour and researched all the information he shares on the tour.

Tour December Schedule / Every Saturday! / and selected Days!
Dec. 6th - 10:30am
Dec. 13th - 1:30pm
Dec. 20th - 10:30am
Dec 26th - 11am - (FRIDAY TOUR ONLY)
Dec. 27th - 2pm
January 19, 2015 - 11am (MONDAY TOUR ONLY)

Tour Duration: 1 & 1/2 hours
Where: Tour meets on east side of SW 1st and Ankeny, next to Portland Saturday Market!

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