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The first meeting of the committee that was to become the Black Heritage Society of Washington State, Inc. was held at the home of Esther and Donald Mumford on March 20, 1977. The general purpose was the mutual interest to preserve the history and art of Black people of Washington State.

The Black Lens is a newspaper, published monthly in Spokane, WA, focusing on news, events, people, issues and information important to the black community.

The Black Night Market is an innovative market place that highlights BIPOC Owned Businesses, visual and performing artists.

The Black Oregon land trust (BOLT) is a nonprofit community trust dedicated to ensuring that Black farmers and land stewards in Oregon permanently and collectively own their land.

Black Out is a WA Black advocacy group with a focus on building capacity around political advocacy.

Training & Support Groups for Black Parents.

BlackPast.org, an online reference center makes available a wealth of materials on African American history in one central location on the Internet. Blackpast is made possible by the content contributions of over 800 volunteers from six continents who give of their time and energy to bring this information to a global audience. Click on the images to read their stories or find them in the yellow tabs below in the three main categories: Academic, Independent, and Student. We need more volunteer content contributors.

The Black Resilience Fund is an emergency fund dedicated to healing and resilience by providing immediate resources to Black Portlanders.

Celebrating the flavors of African American, African, and Caribbean cuisine. Discover Black-owned restaurants and culinary businesses in your community. Eat. Sip. Repeat. during a Black Restaurant Week campaign near you.

We are a group of community members committed to building connections through advocacy, and celebration of black community in southern Oregon.