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Interview With Willie Mae Hart, Lisa Chere' Donnelly, Heather Jo Burmeister Feb 2010

Interview With Willie Mae Hart, Lisa Chere' Donnelly, Heather Jo Burmeister

Black United Front Oral History Project

Interview with Willie Mae Hart by Heather Burmeister and Lisa Donnelly on February 25, 2010, in Portland, Oregon.

Willie discusses the many important moments in Oregon history such as the Vanport Flood, the debate over the Public Accommodations Act, and presidential candidate John F. Kennedy's campaign visit to Portland in 1960, where he met Willie Mae at an event that she had organized.

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