What a city, state or nation recognizes, and preserves is a good indicator of what it values.

A trio of Portland landmarks that are vital to the city’s Black history may soon be listed on the national register of historic places.

On the latest episode of Beat Check with The Oregonian, we talked to Kimberly Brown, owner of Dean’s Beauty Salon and Barber shop in Northeast Portland and Kim

Moreland, who owns Moreland Resource Consulting and is president of the historical society Oregon Black Pioneers.

We talked about Brown’s family business, the oldest continuously owned Black-owned business in the state, what the historic designation would mean, how Portland has changed since her grandparents opened it decades ago and what other businesses and landmarks deserve to be remembered.

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