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Vacation Bible School, Vanport

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Young children attend the integrated daily vacation Bible School in Vanport’s Recreation Center #5. Although housing and medical services were segregated, many of the public services in Vanport were integrated. This photograph was taken on August 28, 1943, and published in the Oregon Journal. Learn more about Vanport from the Oregon Encyclopedia https://oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/vanport/#.Ww2WU-4vxaQ
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  1. African American Children
  2. African Americans
  3. Education
  4. Religion
  5. Segregation
  6. Vanport, Oregon

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