Nokes speaks at Cannon Beach NW Authors Series
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.
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Nokes makes Black History Month presentation on Breaking Chains
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Sins of the Son: A teenager’s deathbed confession
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,... » Read More
Nokes interview with Chinese American Media
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... » Read More
Books in Common: R. Gregory Nokes and Jane Kirkpatrick
Fellow author Jane Kirkpatrick and I spoke on our books for a Zoom event: Books in Common. My presentation focused on “Breaking Chains: Slavery on Trial in the Oregon Territory,” which is especially relevant in these troubled times. SEE IT HERE. Jane spoke... » Read More
The Oregonian — Opinion: Oregon’s racist history runs deeper than you might think
The widespread white support in Oregon for the Black Lives Matter movement, reflected in weeks of peaceful demonstrations from Portland to far-off Wallowa County, is in striking contrast to the state’s long history of racial exclusion and discrimination.
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Nokes makes Black History Month presentation on Breaking Chains
... » Read More
Sins of the Son: A teenager’s deathbed confession
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,... » Read More
Nokes interview with Chinese American Media
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... » Read More
Books in Common: R. Gregory Nokes and Jane Kirkpatrick
Fellow author Jane Kirkpatrick and I spoke on our books for a Zoom event: Books in Common. My presentation focused on “Breaking Chains: Slavery on Trial in the Oregon Territory,” which is especially relevant in these troubled times. SEE IT HERE. Jane spoke... » Read More
The Oregonian — Opinion: Oregon’s racist history runs deeper than you might think
The widespread white support in Oregon for the Black Lives Matter movement, reflected in weeks of peaceful demonstrations from Portland to far-off Wallowa County, is in striking contrast to the state’s long history of racial exclusion and discrimination.
» Read More