1907 Site of the local IWW Hall
IWW = International Workers of the World
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1917 Site of the local IWW Hall* - raided by US Attorney General
The Portland IWW hall was raided on September 6...
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(1910-1930’s)*- Tom Burn’s watch shop
Tom Burns was known as the “Mayor of Burnside.”...
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(1934) McCormick Terminal - Longshoreman's Strike
In 1934, longshoremen struck along the entire w...
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Portland Hiring Hall (1934) - scab buses overturned by angry mob of strikers.
On May 10th, the second day of the 1934 longsho...
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Ruth Barnett & The Stewart Clinic (1950)
Ruth Barnett was known around Portland as the “...
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Oregon Pioneer Building- Red Squad Headquarters (1934-37)
In the early months of 1934, the Portland Polic...
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C.E.S. Wood’s Office (1920) Founder of the Portland Art Museum
C.E.S. Wood (known as Col. Wood) came to Portla...
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Free Speech Park (1913)
Soapbox orators were active throughout Portland...
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Speech delivered from Telephone Pole (1913)
Mary Schwab and eight other women were arrested...
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Marie Equi’s office
Dr. Marie Equi was an IWW activist, open lesbia...
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formerly The Heilig Theater (1916)*
The Heilig Theater was where Margaret Sanger sp...
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Gus Solomon Courthouse (June 19, 1954)
In June 1954, the House on Un-American Activiti...
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City Hall (1935) - Red Flag Flying for May Day
On May Day, 1935, a group of radicals raised a ...
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Turn Hall (1915)* Emma Goldman Arrested
On August 7, 1915, Emma Goldman and her partner...
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Unemployed Unity Council (1934)*
The Communist Party organized “unemployment cou...
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All female staff goes on strike - Oregon Packing Company, 1913*
On June 27, 1913, over 50 of Oregon Packing Com...
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Occupation of the Bonneville Power Administration HQ, 1975
On Friday, August 15, 1975, after four days of ...
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Selective Service Headquarters- 1967*
On October 16, 1967, three people were arrested...
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Dawson Park- 1970
Dawson Park has been the meeting point for many...
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Black Panther Health Care Clinic- aka The Fred Hampton People's Clinic, 1969-1978*
The People’s Clinic operated for 9 years and of...
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King's Market
One June 13, 1969, Kent Ford, a leader of the B...
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Black Panther Headquarters
One February 19, 1970, Albert Williams was shot...
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White Eagle Tavern, 1906 raided by feds
On June 18, 1906, federal agents raided the Whi...
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School Board refuses to rent Benson High School for event, 1948
The International Labor Defense Organization wa...
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Louise Bryant’s studio (1915)
Louise Bryant was a relentless critic of U.S. i...
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Black Panther Dental Clinic*
The Black Panther dental clinic was open Monday...
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