"The Westerners, Spokane Corral is dedicated to Pacific Northwest history."
"The Westerners, Spokane Corral is dedicated to Pacific Northwest history."
Westerners Spokane Corral Monthly Meeting
Discovering Racial Covenants in Washington
Thursday, May 16, 2024.
Dr. Larry Cebula of Eastern Washington University leads a research team charged with identifying racially restrictive property covenants in the 20 counties of eastern Washington and notifying property owners of the means to remove them. Racially discriminatory housing practices helped maintain white supremacy from the early 20th century to the present. Cebula will speak to the history of these covenants, their occurrence in eastern Washington, and the impact of this ongoing project. This work has been featured in the media and through EWU Class projects. Dr. Cebula and his students explore the covenants and publish their findings, one of which is one of which is https://spokanehistorical.org/tours/show/26.
Cebula is a history professor at Eastern Washington University where he concentrates on public history, digital humanities, the American West and local history. He created and edits SpokaneHistorical.org, a website and smartphone app with almost 700 digital historical exhibits, written by EWU students. He has worked with the National Park Service, the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture, and the Washington State Historical Society.
**The presentation will be held at the Corbin Senior Activity Center 827 West Cleveland. Parking and the entrance are in the back of the building. Henderson Room,
Second Floor (elevator available)
The meeting doors open at 5 pm. Dinner costs $20 and is served at 5:30 p.m. Guests for the program only are welcome for $5. The presentation begins at 6:15pm. Please make your reservations by Sunday, May 12 to Westerners member Barbara Leiss at hbleiss@msn.com. Please write "Westerners" in the subject line.
Contact Dick Jensen at inlandempiretours@hotmail.com
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Westerners International has about 60 "corrals" (clubs) within United States and about 20 corrals located in foreign nations (mostly around United States Defense Department locations). Spokane Corral is the only corral in Washington, Idaho, and Oregon. Our publication, the Pacific Northwesterner, is distributed to members and to many organizations including Princeton and Yale Universities. Our members are historians, authors, world travelers, and people interested in history.