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Oregon Finally Cuts Out Racist Lyrics From Its State Song

‘OUTDATED, MISLEADING, OFFENSIVE’

A line in the first verse of the song described Oregon as being “conquered and held by free men; fairest and the best.”

Jamie Ross
Jamie Ross 

News Correspondent

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Jamie Ross

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News Correspondent

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