Public comments challenge portrayal of Eugene as racist ‘sundown town’

Lane County Commissioner Laurie Trieger says north bank dwellings were bulldozed in 1949 “as part of a broader strategy to push Black residents out of Eugene.” David Igl disagrees. A dispute over the portrayal of racism in Eugene history escalated Oct. 8 with reports of a criminal complaint and a…

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