{"id":205,"date":"2025-07-13T19:38:16","date_gmt":"2025-07-13T19:38:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.skinnerbuttehistory.org\/?page_id=205"},"modified":"2025-09-19T19:05:19","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T19:05:19","slug":"storyfive","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/skinnerbuttehistory.org\/index.php\/footnotes-on-the-butte\/storyfive\/","title":{"rendered":"A Place of Safety and Belonging"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"205\" class=\"elementor elementor-205\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-469bfb8a e-grid e-con-full e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"469bfb8a\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4c66c7b3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4c66c7b3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"515\" src=\"https:\/\/skinnerbuttehistory.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Mims-House-768x515.webp\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-41\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/skinnerbuttehistory.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Mims-House-768x515.webp 768w, https:\/\/skinnerbuttehistory.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Mims-House-300x201.webp 300w, https:\/\/skinnerbuttehistory.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Mims-House-1024x687.webp 1024w, https:\/\/skinnerbuttehistory.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Mims-House.webp 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Mims House circa 1970.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8785cb1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8785cb1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2><strong>Eugene&#8217;s Black residents worked hard to create safe spaces for their community.<\/strong><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5bef140 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5bef140\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-340a3a94 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"340a3a94\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\">The Skinner Butte\u00a0 neighborhood holds a history of resistance and welcoming for the Black Community. The Mims were the first Black family in Eugene to own their own home in the city limits. Their house became a center for Eugene\u2019s Black community acting as a safe place to stay for visiting Black athletes, entertainers, and travelers, as well as an office for Eugene\u2019s chapter of the NAACP.<\/p><p data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\">To learn more about the history of the Mims House&#8217;s and C.B. and Annie Mims,please visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.historicmimshouses.org\/\">Mims House website.<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-53fe7644 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"53fe7644\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-34698c2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"34698c2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n\t<div class=\"wp-playlist wp-audio-playlist wp-playlist-light\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-playlist-current-item\"><\/div>\n\t\t<audio controls=\"controls\" preload=\"none\" width=\"640\"\n\t\t\t><\/audio>\n\t<div class=\"wp-playlist-next\"><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"wp-playlist-prev\"><\/div>\n\t<noscript>\n\t<ol>\n\t\t<li><a href='https:\/\/skinnerbuttehistory.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Story-5-A-Place-of-Safety-and-Belonging_REV1_6-29-25.mp3'>Story 5 &#8211; A Place of Safety and Belonging_REV1_6-29-25<\/a><\/li>\t<\/ol>\n\t<\/noscript>\n\t<script type=\"application\/json\" class=\"wp-playlist-script\">{\"type\":\"audio\",\"tracklist\":true,\"tracknumbers\":true,\"images\":true,\"artists\":true,\"tracks\":[{\"src\":\"https:\\\/\\\/skinnerbuttehistory.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/09\\\/Story-5-A-Place-of-Safety-and-Belonging_REV1_6-29-25.mp3\",\"type\":\"audio\\\/mpeg\",\"title\":\"Story 5 - A Place of Safety and Belonging_REV1_6-29-25\",\"caption\":\"\",\"description\":\"\\\"Story 5 - A Place of Safety and Belonging_REV1_6-29-25\\\". Released: 2025.\",\"meta\":{\"year\":\"2025\",\"length_formatted\":\"5:37\"},\"image\":{\"src\":\"https:\\\/\\\/skinnerbuttehistory.org\\\/wp-includes\\\/images\\\/media\\\/audio.svg\",\"width\":48,\"height\":64},\"thumb\":{\"src\":\"https:\\\/\\\/skinnerbuttehistory.org\\\/wp-includes\\\/images\\\/media\\\/audio.svg\",\"width\":48,\"height\":64}}]}<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\t<\/p><p>Community member Eric Richardson shares the history of the Mims House and the communities Black neighborhoods.\u00a0<a style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', sans-serif;\" href=\"https:\/\/skinnerbuttehistory.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Story-5-A-Place-of-Safety-and-Belonging_mixdown.docx\">\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-28f1f39 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"28f1f39\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/skinnerbuttehistory.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Story-5-A-Place-of-Safety-and-Belonging_mixdown.docx\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">If you can't access the audio, the transcript is available here.<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0e27b4e e-grid e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"0e27b4e\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dd093a4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"dd093a4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"707\" src=\"https:\/\/skinnerbuttehistory.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/CB-and-Annie-Mims-1930-1950-1024x707.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-214\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/skinnerbuttehistory.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/CB-and-Annie-Mims-1930-1950-1024x707.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/skinnerbuttehistory.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/CB-and-Annie-Mims-1930-1950-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/skinnerbuttehistory.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/CB-and-Annie-Mims-1930-1950-768x530.jpg 768w, https:\/\/skinnerbuttehistory.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/CB-and-Annie-Mims-1930-1950-1536x1060.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/skinnerbuttehistory.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/CB-and-Annie-Mims-1930-1950.jpg 1756w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">C.B. and Annie Mims, owners of the Mim's House. Circa 1950. Photo owned by the University of Oregon.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3a23180 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3a23180\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"664\" src=\"https:\/\/skinnerbuttehistory.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GN4127Griffen-1024x664.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-32\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/skinnerbuttehistory.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GN4127Griffen-1024x664.webp 1024w, https:\/\/skinnerbuttehistory.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GN4127Griffen-300x195.webp 300w, https:\/\/skinnerbuttehistory.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GN4127Griffen-768x498.webp 768w, https:\/\/skinnerbuttehistory.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GN4127Griffen-1536x996.webp 1536w, https:\/\/skinnerbuttehistory.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GN4127Griffen-scaled.webp 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Willey Griffon stands in front of the mule-pulled trolley he drove between Eugene and Springfield. Mr. Griffon lived in the Skinner Butte neighborhood. Photo owned by the University of Oregon.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6a5f7629 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6a5f7629\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-307d5875 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"307d5875\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5><strong>The Footnotes on the Butte project was funded in part by:<\/strong><\/h5>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1419c3c e-grid e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"1419c3c\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5fbcd898 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5fbcd898\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloombergconnects.org\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"106\" src=\"https:\/\/skinnerbuttehistory.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/BloombergConnects_PrimaryWordmark_Black-300x106.webp\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-155\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/skinnerbuttehistory.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/BloombergConnects_PrimaryWordmark_Black-300x106.webp 300w, https:\/\/skinnerbuttehistory.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/BloombergConnects_PrimaryWordmark_Black-1024x360.webp 1024w, https:\/\/skinnerbuttehistory.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/BloombergConnects_PrimaryWordmark_Black-768x270.jpg 768w, https:\/\/skinnerbuttehistory.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/BloombergConnects_PrimaryWordmark_Black-1536x541.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/skinnerbuttehistory.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/BloombergConnects_PrimaryWordmark_Black-2048x721.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/skinnerbuttehistory.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/BloombergConnects_PrimaryWordmark_Black-scaled.webp 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Bloomberg Connects<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4be44cea elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4be44cea\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.neh.gov\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"464\" src=\"https:\/\/skinnerbuttehistory.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/NEH-Horizontal-stk-Seal820-1024x464.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-156\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/skinnerbuttehistory.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/NEH-Horizontal-stk-Seal820-1024x464.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/skinnerbuttehistory.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/NEH-Horizontal-stk-Seal820-300x136.jpg 300w, https:\/\/skinnerbuttehistory.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/NEH-Horizontal-stk-Seal820-768x348.jpg 768w, https:\/\/skinnerbuttehistory.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/NEH-Horizontal-stk-Seal820.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">National Endowment for the Humanities<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6e402244 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6e402244\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.smjhouse.org\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/skinnerbuttehistory.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/SMJ-Logo-color_wide-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-image-157\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Shelton McMurphey Johnson House<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mims House circa 1970. Eugene&#8217;s Black residents worked hard to create safe spaces for their community. The Skinner Butte\u00a0 neighborhood holds a history of resistance and welcoming for the Black Community. The Mims were the first Black family in Eugene to own their own home in the city limits. 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