Becky Garrison

Travel writer Becky Garrison

Becky Garrison is a freelance writer/storyteller based in Portland, OR. Follow her travels via Twitter or Instagram @Becky_Garrison

Articles by Becky Garrison

My People’s Market 2018

Exploring Portland’s Multicultural Offerings

By Becky Garrison

The cult TV show Portlandia pushed Portland, Oregon to hipster fame, but behind the city’s heralded “cool” veneer, lies a white supremacist history. Black people were explicitly forbidden from living in the city when the state entered the union in 1859.  

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