The Winter Chautauqua will explore the history of African Americans in the Lower Columbia River Basin through lectures and exhibits. A special panel will convene on Saturday at 2:00 pm at the Artillery Barracks to explore ideas of the Vanport Flood, historical timelines of African Americans in the region, and the Buffalo Soldiers. This is a free event. Please RSVP.

• Buffalo Soldiers: The importance of the 24th Infantry Regiment Company B at the Vancouver Barracks.

• 1948 Vanport Flood: Oregon Historical Society Interpretive exhibit on a natural disaster that left 18,000 homeless and altered race relations in Portland.

• NAACP in the Pacific Northwest: Interviews of local African Americans not only address the World War II era experience but also black social conditions, racial discrimination, and civil rights before and after those years.