Portland State University PDXScholar Dissertations and Theses Dissertations and Theses 1-1-2013 Portland, Oregon's Long Hot Summers: Racial Unrest and Public Response, 1967-1969 Joshua Joe Bryan Portland State University Follow this and additional works at: https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds Part of the Public History Commons, Social History Commons, and the United States History Commons Let us know how access to this document benefits ou.y Recommended Citation Bryan, Joshua Joe, "Portland, Oregon's Long Hot Summers: Racial Unrest and Public Response, 1967-1969" (2013). Dissertations and Theses. Paper 995. https://doi.org/10.15760/etd.995 This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access. It has been accepted for inclusion in Dissertations and Theses by an authorized administrator of PDXScholar. Please contact us if we can make this document more accessible:
[email protected]. Portland, Oregon’s Long Hot Summers: Racial Unrest and Public Response, 1967 – 1969 by Joshua Joe Bryan A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the Requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in History Thesis Committee: David A. Horowitz, Chair Victoria C. Belco Patricia A. Schechter Randy Blazak Portland State University 2013 ABSTRACT The struggles for racial equality throughout northern cities during the late- 1960s, while not nearly as prevalent within historical scholarship as those pertaining to the Deep South, have left an indelible mark on both the individuals and communities involved. Historians have until recently thought of the civil rights movement in the north as a violent betrayal of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s vision of an inclusive and integrated society, as well as coinciding with the rise, and subsequent decline, of Black Power.