After learning that we will be hosting a very special visitor in our classroom on Tuesday, March 7th, students have been working hard to learn as much as we can about Vanport. Students have researched what the city looked like and why it was built. Last week we created a map of the city and now we are working on our characters that live in the city of Vanport.
Ed Washington moved to Vanport from Alabama in 1944 when his father got a job at the Vanport shipyards. Although his family lost their home in the flood, they were able to stay in Portland. As an adult, Ed has been a member of the Portland NAACP and a civil rights leader as well.
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