A Force for Change: Beatrice Morrow Cannady and the Struggle for Civil Rights in Oregon, 1912—1936

The heart of Mangun's book describes Cannady's racial activism in Pordand from 1919 to 1936, where she was one of the founding members of the Portland branch of the naacp and served as editor of the Portland Advocate, the city's leading African American newspaper. Cannady's campa...

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Published inThe Journal of American History Vol. 97; no. 3; p. 836
Main Author Broussard, Albert S.
Format Book Review
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford Organization of American Historians 01.12.2010
Subjects
Activists
African Americans
American history
Civil rights
Colleges & universities
Fortune, Timothy Thomas (1856-1928)
Hayes, Roland
Leadership
Trotter, William Monroe (1872-1934)
Oregon
United States > US
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Summary:The heart of Mangun's book describes Cannady's racial activism in Pordand from 1919 to 1936, where she was one of the founding members of the Portland branch of the naacp and served as editor of the Portland Advocate, the city's leading African American newspaper. Cannady's campaign, for example, to prevent rhe controversial film The Birth of a Nation (1915) from showing in Pordand, which she waged in concert with other black leaders, reveals strategies that African American leaders also used to demand civil rights.
ISSN:0021-8723
1945-2314
DOI:10.1093/jahist/97.3.836