by R. Gregory Nokes | Jul 23, 2021 | Blog
Most Oregonians today are probably unaware of how close Oregon came to becoming a slave state.
Slavery was intensely debated at Oregon’s Constitutional Convention in 1857. In fact, it was the overriding issue facing the 60 delegates gathered in the old wood-frame Marion County Courthouse in Salem.
by R. Gregory Nokes | Mar 24, 2021 | Blog
March 20th’s NW Authors Series program is ready to view online. Author, journalist, and historian R. Gregory Nokes discussed the history of slavery in early Oregon.
by R. Gregory Nokes | Dec 19, 2020 | Blog
By R. Gregory NokesColumbia: The Magazine of Northwest HistoryWinter 2020-21 Before Robert McMillan dies, he will make a deathbed confession to his father of his involvement in one of the most horrific crimes in the American West. The 1889 photograph,...
by R. Gregory Nokes | Oct 27, 2020 | Blog, Coverage
Greg Nokes gives a wide-ranging interview for a Chinese-American audience about his book, Massacred for Gold, social unrest, racial issues and the 2020 election. The interviewer was Sabrina Lin, a senior at Amherst College on behalf of Chinese American Media, a...
