Black History Quest: Seaside’s Sunflower Camp

Black History Quest, Season 4, episode 3!

Are you ready to Quest? Black History Quest! What was Seaside’s Sunflower Camp? Join host Mariah Rocker as she welcomes Professional Historian Milo Reed of Reed-Willis Historical Consulting. Milo will shine light on J.W. Curry, the Sunflower Camp, and Black placemaking to explore how Black Portlanders constructed race & class through leisure activities in pre-WWII Oregon.

Join us Wednesday, May 27 at 7:00PM as we discover more in this month’s Black History Quest!

Stream BHQ live on Facebook, or live and archived on YouTube.

Black History Quest peeks behind the process as history investigators take on questions that have perplexed researchers of Oregon’s African American history. Each episode, we’ll learn about the challenges and surprises of doing historical research, and try to uncover how one source can change history.

Tune in to Black History Quest streaming live on Facebook and live and archived on YouTube.