This is cool – One of my guests today was an African American man originally from Estacada, OR who moved to CA for 30 years and is considering moving his family to Portland. He was trying to reconnect with the city, tap into his memories, and asked about The Cotton Club, his dad was a musician.
Wiki http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cotton_Club_(Portland)
Oral history of the Boise Neighborhood of North Portland (where Mississippi is), including interviews with the man who started Portland’s Cotton Club:
http://boisevoices.com/epaul.php
Nicely done site!
