Black Studies - Portland State University

Black Studies - Portland State University This is the official page for Portland State University's Black Studies Department. We'll post flyers for upcoming classes, events, and other announcements.

The Black Studies Department has embarked on its second quarter of a century of community and University service. An interdisciplinary academic unit within the PSU College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, the department is devoted to the United States, the Caribbean, and Africa. The department is the oldest Black Studies program in the Pacific Northwest and the only program in the state of Oregon tha

t offers a degree in Black Studies. Departmental objectives are to provide comprehensive learning programs, community-based learning and service, and an overall heightened sense of awareness about general multicultural, diversity and gender issues covering the African, Caribbean and African-American experiences. Students, together with faculty in the department's programs, are involved in community-based learning and provide service to community groups and institutions in the metro area and overseas. The department is also actively involved in Portland State President's Diversity initiative, which with community partnerships has helped to broaden the definition of scholarship at PSU for over a quarter of a century. The Black Studies Department offers a major, a minor, and a certificate in Black Studies. Required coursework in Black Studies and related departments provides students with the background and expertise to succeed in rapidly changing work environments and better serve the increasingly diverse communities.

🎓✨ LAST CALL! Join us tomorrow as we celebrate our Black Studies graduates! ✨🎓The Department of Black Studies invites yo...
06/10/2026

🎓✨ LAST CALL! Join us tomorrow as we celebrate our Black Studies graduates! ✨🎓
The Department of Black Studies invites you to our Graduation Appreciation Celebration 2026 as we honor and celebrate the accomplishments, journeys, and achievements of our graduating students. đź–¤

Come celebrate this special milestone with our graduates, their families, friends, faculty, and community. Let’s gather, reflect, and celebrate the incredible work and contributions of our students! 🎉

📅 Thursday, June 11, 2026
⏰ 4:00–6:00 PM
📍 Parson’s Gallery (URBN 212)
Urban Center Building
506 SW Mill Street
Portland, OR 97201
🍰 Snacks & beverages will be provided! 🥂

We would love to see you there as we celebrate this year’s graduates and the continued legacy of Black Studies at PSU.

Questions?
📧 [email protected]
📞 (503) 725-3472

Here is a flyer from a community partner about the upcoming Black Community Summit 2026, May 15 and 16th at PCC Cascade ...
05/08/2026

Here is a flyer from a community partner about the upcoming Black Community Summit 2026, May 15 and 16th at PCC Cascade campus.

Thank you to everyone who came out for our Black Bag event with Black Futures Farm, both online and in person - it was w...
02/23/2026

Thank you to everyone who came out for our Black Bag event with Black Futures Farm, both online and in person - it was wonderful to have so many folks get to hear about this work.
And thank you to PSU Pan-African Commons for partnering and hosting us in their beautiful space.
We will share soon when the recording is available in our Black Bag archives online!

TODAY!Black Futures Farm: Growing Cooperative ResistanceFeb. 20, 20262 pm.Pan African CommonsSmith Memorial Student Unio...
02/20/2026

TODAY!

Black Futures Farm: Growing Cooperative Resistance
Feb. 20, 2026
2 pm.

Pan African Commons
Smith Memorial Student Union, rm 236
1825 SW Broadway
And remotely on zoom: https://pdx.zoom.us/j/82423574148

Join Malcolm Hoover and Mirabai Collins, co-founders of Portland's Black Futures Farm for a conversation about Black cooperative farming, and Black placemaking as an act of resistance.

Free and open to the public
Refreshments served
Masks suggested

co-sponsors: Pan African Commons, Center for Black Studies, Black Studies Department

Tomorrow is our Black History Month Black Bag event, hope folks are able to join us!Black Futures Farm: Growing Cooperat...
02/19/2026

Tomorrow is our Black History Month Black Bag event, hope folks are able to join us!

Black Futures Farm: Growing Cooperative Resistance
Feb. 20, 2026
2 pm.

Pan African Commons
Smith Memorial Student Union, rm 236
1825 SW Broadway
And remotely on zoom: https://pdx.zoom.us/j/82423574148

Join Malcolm Hoover and Mirabai Collins, co-founders of Portland's Black Futures Farm for a conversation about Black cooperative farming, and Black placemaking as an act of resistance.

Free and open to the public
Refreshments served
Masks suggested

co-sponsors: Pan African Commons, Center for Black Studies, Black Studies Department

02/15/2026

Oregon's Black History Keepers: 1970s

Dr. Darrell Millner came to Eugene in 1970 to attend the University of Oregon. After earning his doctorate, Darrell began teaching History and Afro-American Literature at Portland State University. He chaired the school’s Black Studies department from 1984 to 1995, and later served as a Board member of Oregon Black Pioneers. As an educator and mentor, Dr. Millner has introduced generations of people to local and national Black history.

In honor of the 100th anniversary of Black History Month, we're highlighting a century of Black history keepers here in Oregon. Without them, so many stories would be lost. We honor and appreciate their essential work this month, and all year round.

Hope you are able to join us for our upcoming Black History Month Black Bag Event!Black Futures Farm: Growing Cooperativ...
02/13/2026

Hope you are able to join us for our upcoming Black History Month Black Bag Event!

Black Futures Farm: Growing Cooperative Resistance
Feb. 20, 2026
2 pm.

Pan African Commons
Smith Memorial Student Union, rm 236
1825 SW Broadway
And remotely on zoom: https://pdx.zoom.us/j/82423574148

Join Malcolm Hoover and Mirabai Collins, co-founders of Portland's Black Futures Farm for a conversation about Black cooperative farming, and Black placemaking as an act of resistance.

Free and open to the public
Refreshments served
Masks suggested

co-sponsors: Pan African Commons, Center for Black Studies, Black Studies Department

02/13/2026

Oregon's Black History Keepers: 1960s

Martha Anderson (nee Adams) was born in 1910 and spent the first 30 years of her life in Colorado, Idaho, and Nevada. In 1940, she married Walter Anderson and moved to his ranch in Harney County, Oregon. When Walter’s health worsened in 1953, the couple moved to Portland. They purchased the former Hotel Medley and ran it until it was demolished for the Memorial Coliseum in 1959. For the next decade, Martha, now a widow, researched and compiled the stories of other early Black settlers of the west. This culminated in “Black Pioneers of the Northwest, 1800-1918,” one of the first books on PNW Black history.

In honor of the 100th anniversary of Black History Month, we're highlighting a century of Black history keepers here in Oregon. Without them, so many stories would be lost. We honor and appreciate their essential work this month, and all year round.

02/13/2026

Gwendolyn Trice has been selected as speaker for Whitman College’s 140th Commencement Ceremony on May 24. Trice is Founder and Executive Director of the Maxville Heritage Interpretive Center in Enterprise, Oregon, which celebrates the rich history of African American, Indigenous and immigrant logg...

Hope folks are able to join us in two weeks for our Black History Month Black Bag event.Black Futures Farm: Growing Coop...
02/05/2026

Hope folks are able to join us in two weeks for our Black History Month Black Bag event.

Black Futures Farm: Growing Cooperative Resistance
Feb. 20, 2026
2 pm.

Pan African Commons
Smith Memorial Student Union, rm 236
1825 SW Broadway
And remotely on zoom: https://pdx.zoom.us/j/82423574148

Join Malcolm Hoover and Mirabai Collins, co-founders of Portland's Black Futures Farm for a conversation about Black cooperative farming, and Black placemaking as an act of resistance.

Free and open to the public
Refreshments served
Masks suggested

co-sponsors: Pan African Commons, Center for Black Studies, Black Studies Department

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1633 SW Park Avenue
Portland, OR
97201

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Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 2pm

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