by R. Gregory Nokes | Aug 16, 2019 | Blog
Seen today in Powell’s City of Books in Portland, Ore.
by R. Gregory Nokes | Jul 27, 2019 | Blog
Slavery and Oregon are not often talked about in the same sentence, nor even the same conversation. Yet, journalist and historian Greg Nokes uncovered this little known history of slaves in Oregon in his book, Breaking Chains. He discusses his work HERE.
by R. Gregory Nokes | Jun 30, 2019 | Blog
By R. Gregory Nokes, Special to CALmatters In his apology for California’s genocidal treatment of Native Americans, Gov. Gavin Newsom focused attention on the state’s nearly forgotten first elected governor, Peter Hardeman Burnett, and his declaration in 1851 that...
by R. Gregory Nokes | May 4, 2019 | Blog
R. Gregory Nokes contributed a chapter to the just-published Slavery’s Descendants, a compilation of stories about slavery. He wrote about Reuben Shipley, a slave brought to Oregon from Missouri by one of his ancestors. Race remains a potent and divisive force...
by R. Gregory Nokes | Mar 22, 2019 | Blog
THE CHIEF — The six libraries of Columbia County have selected two books by authors Phillip Margolin and Gregory Nokes for this year’s Columbia County Reads 2019. Both books, one a work of fiction and the other nonfiction, tell the historical account of an Oregon...
