Statue at Lewis & Clark College honors York, the slave who accompanied expedition
By Steve Beaven, The Oregonian
May 08, 2010, 7:51PM
View full sizeZoe, Owen and Hana Yamaguchi (from left) play on the sculpture of York on Saturday at Lewis & Clark College. York was a slave on the Lewis & Clark expedition. Charles Neal, initiated the project at the college. He was joined by Betty and Don Balmer and artist Alison Saar.Several years ago, Charles Neal was giving a talk about a project he'd created to honor York, a black slave who accompanied Lewis & Clark's expedition through the West.An undergraduate approached Neal, a law school graduate at Lewis & Clark College, and gave him $2. She explained it was all she could afford.
"That was very touching," Neal said Saturday as a statue of York was dedicated at the Lewis & Clark campus. "It's things like that that gave me and others encouragement."
Saturday was the culmination of an effort begun by Neal to create a memorial to York, a man whose contributions to the Lewis & Clark
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