Vancouver Avenue First Baptist Church collection, 1940-2011.

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Vancouver Avenue First Baptist Church collection, 1940-2011.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/706952418

Records of the largest African American congregation in Oregon, located in northeast Portland, formed in 1944 and led for most of its history by Rev. Oliver B. Williams and his wife Willa Jackson Williams. Includes extensive photographic documentation of church activities and members, programs for services, clippings, prayer books and hymnals, and other historical materials. Includes photographs of other materials relating to the visit of Dr. Martin Luther King to Portland in 1961.

5 cubic feet (9 document cases, 3 flat boxes)

Oregon Historical Society Research Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8035488

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Williams, Willa Jackson.

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Williams, Oliver Booker.

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King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968

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Martin Luther King, Jr. (b. January 15, 1929, Atlanta, Georgia –d. April 4, 1968, Memphis, Tennessee) was an American Baptist minister and activist who was a leader in the Civil Rights Movement. He is best known for his role in the advancement of civil rights using nonviolent civil disobedience. King helped to organize the 1963 March on Washington, where he delivered his famous "I Have a Dream" speech. In 1964, King received the Nobel Peace Prize and in 1965, he helped to organize the Selma to M...

Vancouver Avenue First Baptist Church (Portland, Or.)

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Vancouver Avenue First Baptist Church first began as the First Baptist Church of Burton Homes, an urban African-American church in Vancouver, Washington. It was formed in 1944 under the Rev. James William Brown. Most church members were employees of the Kaiser Company, which operated shipyards and the housing project of Burton Homes, among others. Soon after its formation, 26-year-old Reverend Oliver Booker “O.B.” Williams came to the Northwest with his new bride, Willa Ida Jackson-...