Mercedes Deiz and Civil Rights in Oregon
While most people think of Civil Rights activists as street protestors and passionate speakers, Mercedes Deiz shows us that effective Civil Rights workers were also enacting change directly in the justice system, which we see through how she broke barriers in the Oregon BAR, defended the rights of African Americans and women as Oregon’s first woman of color circuit court judge, and opened up new opportunities for minority law students and lawyers.
HIST 210 – Historical Methods and Research
Melisa Ortiz Berry
Bushnell History Symposium 1pm – 4pm Bucher Room