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Oregon once legally barred Black people—has the state reconciled its racist past?


Oregon once legally banned Black people. Has the state reconciled its racist past?
Oregon became ground zero of America’s racial reckoning protests last summer. But activists say it doesn’t know its own history.
Cleo Davis and Kayin Talton Davis are artists and activists who have made it their mission to preserve and celebrate African American history in Portland. Here, their daughter, Ifetayo Davis, stands with her father and sisters outside their home.Photograph by Diana Markosian, National Geographic
ByNina Strochlic
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On most weekends during the warm months, you’re likely to find Zachary Stocks in buckskin pants and a linen shirt guiding visitors around Fort Clatsop, a replica of the encampment where American explorers Lewis and Clark holed up during the bitter winter of 1805. But on one chilly morning last fall, Stocks was bundled in a fleece jacket, his dreadlocks pulled into a ponytail, and a mask covered his face protecting against both COVID ....

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