{"id":22243,"date":"2020-02-24T19:00:18","date_gmt":"2020-02-24T19:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/oregonmulticulturalarchives\/?p=22243"},"modified":"2020-06-03T13:45:33","modified_gmt":"2020-06-03T13:45:33","slug":"palmer-patton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/oregonmulticulturalarchives\/2020\/02\/24\/palmer-patton\/","title":{"rendered":"Shades of Color at OAC 1916-1921: The Untold Story of Palmer Patton"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/3293\/files\/2020\/02\/2020-02-24-Palmer-Patton.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22244\" width=\"383\" height=\"579\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"&quot;Palmer Patton recognized as earliest identified  African American graduate, faculty member at Oregon State&quot; (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/today.oregonstate.edu\/story\/palmer-patton-recognized-earliest-identified-african-american-graduate-faculty-member-oregon\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Palmer Patton recognized as earliest identified  African American graduate, faculty member at Oregon State&#8221;<\/a>  <em>Life at OSU<\/em> February 20, 2020             <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The unveiling of Palmer Patton&#8217;s unique life story took place Feb. 24th at the Lonnie B. Harris Black Cultural Center. Larry Landis (Director of OSU&#8217;s Special Collections and Archives Research Center) and Dwaine Plaza (Professor of Sociology) presented together to unveil the story of Palmer Patton, who attended Oregon Agricultural College from 1916-1920 as an African American male who \u201cpassed\u201d throughout his student life as a white male. Patton ultimately graduated from OAC with a bachelor&#8217;s and master\u2019s degree from the School of Agriculture and served as a faculty member in agriculture during the 1920-1921 academic year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Event Recording and Full Transcription: <a href=\"http:\/\/scarc.library.oregonstate.edu\/omeka\/exhibits\/show\/multiculturalvoices\/item\/34971\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Shades of Color at OAC 1916-1921: The Untold Story of Palmer Patton<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Larry Landis&#8217; presentation is <a href=\"https:\/\/ir.library.oregonstate.edu\/concern\/defaults\/6969z7017\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">available via OSU&#8217;s ScholarsArchive<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>                                                                                                                                                  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Palmer Patton recognized as earliest identified African American graduate, faculty member at Oregon State&#8221; Life at OSU February 20, 2020 The unveiling of Palmer Patton&#8217;s unique life story took place Feb. 24th at the Lonnie B. 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