Willie Richardson, Longtime Education Activist and Black Historian, Dies
Willie Richardson, Salem-based Black historian and education advocated, died Jan. 25 at the age of 74.Multiple friends described the activist and s...
Willie Richardson, Salem-based Black historian and education advocated, died Jan. 25 at the age of 74.Multiple friends described the activist and small business owner as 'a force to be reckoned with' – passionate, kind and deeply impactful.Richardson was also remembered for her fashion savvy, looking her best even when she arrived to do the hard work of assembling museum exhibits.'She combined grit and grace,' Kerry Tymchuk, executive director of the Oregon Historical Society, told The Skanner.Arriving in Oregon in 1978 with her husband and three children, the South Carolina-born Richardson tirelessly researched Black history throughout the northwest.