BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/Los_Angeles X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:VEVENT UID:164@cbhistory.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260409T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260409T170000 DTSTAMP:20260321T010010Z URL:https://cbhistory.org/events/a-man-called-york-a-presentation-by-zacha ry-stocks-thursday-april-9-at-4pm/ SUMMARY:A Man Called York: A Presentation by Zachary Stocks - Thursday\, Ap ril 9 at 4pm DESCRIPTION:The Cannon Beach History Center &\; Museum invites the publi c to a special presentation\, “A Man Called York\,” with public histor ian Zachary Stocks\, Executive Director of Oregon Black Pioneers. The prog ram will take place Thursday\, April 9 at 4:00 p.m. and is part of the mus eum’s annual John Williams Lecture Series\, a free lecture series held e ach year from October through May. Admission is free\, and donations are w elcome.\n\nYork is widely known as the enslaved man who accompanied Meriwe ther Lewis and William Clark on the famed Lewis and Clark Expedition (1803 –1806). Yet beyond his participation in this historic journey\, much of York’s life and story remains less widely understood. In this engaging p resentation\, Zachary Stocks will explore York’s life before\, during\, and after the expedition\, shedding light on his experiences and examining his place within the broader narrative of African American history in the United States. Through careful research and storytelling\, the talk offer s a deeper understanding of a figure who played a vital role in one of Ame rica’s most famous expeditions.\n\nStocks is a public historian and inte rpreter who serves as Executive Director of Oregon Black Pioneers\, the st ate’s only historical society dedicated to preserving and presenting the experiences of African Americans in Oregon. He previously served as Progr am Director of Grays Harbor Historical Seaport and Visitor Services Manage r at the Northwest African American Museum in Seattle. His past work also includes internships with Colonial Williamsburg and the Smithsonian’s Na tional Museum of Natural History\, as well as service as a seasonal Park R anger at Lewis &\; Clark National Historical Park.\n\nStocks holds a Ba chelor of Arts in History from the College of William &\; Mary\, a cert ificate in Public History from the National Institute for American History and Democracy\, and a Master of Arts in Museology from the University of Washington. He is also a 2025 graduate of the History Leadership Institute \, sponsored by the American Association of State and Local History. Stock s currently resides in Astoria\, Oregon.\n\nThis program is part of the mu seum’s John Williams Lecture Series\, a free annual lecture series that takes place each year from October through May and features historians\, a uthors\, archaeologists\, and other speakers who share stories connected t o local and Pacific Northwest history. Seating is limited and parking at t he museum is limited\, so attendees are encouraged to arrive early. Additi onal parking is available two blocks from the museum at the Gower Street p arking lot. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://cbhistory.org/wp-content/uploads/Copy-of -A-Man-Called-York-Poster1.png CATEGORIES:Lectures LOCATION:Cannon Beach History Center & Museum\, 1387 South Spruce Street\, Cannon Beach\, OR\, 97110\, United States X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=1387 South Spruce Street\, Cannon Beach\, OR\, 97110\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Canno n Beach History Center & Museum:geo:0,0 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20260308T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR