Since 1946, the Owyhee Motorcycle Club has trained and competed on a track in the Boise Foothills. Now the club has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the first one to do so in the United States.
Idaho State Historic Preservation Office
Bethel Missionary Baptist Church congregation in Pocatello, circa 1960. – Image courtesy of Alfreda Vann and Idaho State Historic Preservation Office
POCATELLO, Idaho (KIFI) - As Black History Month comes to a close, KIFI takes a look at Idaho s Black History.
Idaho has always had a very small population of Black Americans, but those who have chosen to settle in the Gem State have their own stories to tell.
A brief history of Idaho s Black population
Idaho’s Black population took off in the 20th Century, due in part to rising violence and racism in the South and a need for workers during World War II. As white men were enlisting in the military, women and Black men were filling the labor gap left behind.
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