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Windows on America
The Challenges of
Presidential Leadership
June 15 – October 31
Presidential Leadership
June 15 – October 31
Carefully acquired over more than fifty years, the Mark Family Collection focuses on American presidential leadership and major turning points in the history of the United States. Beginning with a letter from George Washington, the exhibit is graced by the likes of Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, and John F. Kennedy.
For All the World to See
Visual Culture and the
Struggle for Civil Rights
June 16 – August 11
Struggle for Civil Rights
June 16 – August 11
Through a compelling assortment of photographs, television clips, art posters, and historic artifacts, this exhibition traces how images and media transformed the modern civil rights movement and jolted Americans, both black and white, out of a state of denial or complacency. Part of the 2013 Oregon Black History Series.
