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Experience the inspiring story of Portland’s 1980s Anti-Apartheid Movement brought to life through powerful archival images and documents. Discover how local activists and communities united in the global fight against White supremacy in South Africa. This dynamic presentation by Dr. Carmen Thompson connects past and present struggles for justice in Portland and the world.
This event was held at Portland State University Library on December 3, 2025.
Date
12-3-2025
Rights
This video is made available for educational and non-commercial use only. It may not be reproduced in any form without the express permission of Portland State University. For more information, please contact Portland State University Library Special Collections at: specialcollections@pdx.edu or (503) 725-9883.
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https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/44304
Recommended Citation
Thompson, Carmen P., ""Portland's Black Community & the Anti-Apartheid Movement: Thinking Globally, Acting Locally"" (2025). The Black Bag Speakers Series. 27.
https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/44304
Comments
Carmen P. Thompson is a historian and author. She earned her Ph.D. in U.S. History from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign and her Master of Arts in African American Studies from Columbia University in New York.
Dr. Thompson's scholarship was quoted in the December 2022 Oregon State Supreme Court decision, Watkins, Jacob Keith v. Ackley, regarding the disparate racial impact of non-unanimous jury decisions. She has co-edited and authored articles in the peer-reviewed Oregon Historical Quarterly's 2019 special issue on white supremacy in Oregon, and wrote the introduction to Protest City: Portland’s Summer of Rage, a photo book chronicling protests in Portland, Oregon after the murder of George Floyd by police in 2020. Her book The Making of American Whiteness was published in 2022; see her Black Bag presentation here.
Dr. Thompson has held visiting scholar appointments at the Institute for Research in African American Studies at Columbia University in New York and in the Black Studies Department at Portland State University, and has taught a wide range of courses on the Black experience and whiteness at PSU and Portland Community College.