57 results for: Civil Rights
Bumper sticker, "Hands Off Washington," ca. 1993-1997
Bumper sticker for the Hands off Washington (H.O.W.) political movement, organized in 1993 to defeat Washington State ballot initiatives which threatened the rights of public employees based on sexual orientation.
ID Number:2014.40.6
Date:Circa 1993-1997
Button pin, "Bigotry on the Ballot: No on 13," 1978
On November 7, 1978, Seattle voters reject Initiative 13 decisively, by nearly two to one. Initiative 13 would have repealed city ordinances protecting employment and housing rights for gays and lesbians. Also, it would have dissolved the City of Seattle's Office of Women's Rights.
ID Number:2014.56.5
Date:1978
Button pin, "Bigotry: No 35," ca. 1990-2006
Initiative 35, initially on the ballot in 1990, would overturn a city policy of treating married, unmarried and gay couples equally, namely the Family Leave Ordinance that includes a category of domestic partners.
ID Number:2014.56.6
Date:Circa 1990-2006
Button pin, "Stop S.1," ca. 1950
It is believed this button refers to the Smith Act, also known as the Alien Registration Act, that was enacted in 1940 and repealed in 1952. Officially, it was "an act to prohibit certain subversive activities; to amend certain provisions of law with respect to the admission and deportation of aliens; to require the fingerprinting and registration of aliens; and…
ID Number:2014.56.7
Date:Circa 1950
Button pin, "March on Washington for Lesbian & Gay Rights, Oct. 11, 1987, Pacific N.W. Region"
This button is from the Second National March for Lesbian and Gay Rights on Washington in 1987. It was made in Seattle and belonged to a marcher from Seattle, representing the Pacific Northwest region.
ID Number:2014.56.10
Date:1987
Shoelaces, political advertisement for Patty Murray, "The Mom in Tennis Shoes", 1998
Patty Murray ran for re-election to the US Senate for Washington state in 1998. She ran under the image of a "Mom in Tennis Shoes". Throughout her tenure in the Senate, Murray has been a strong proponent for education and children's issues, and has become a national leader on budget, transportation, ecomonic development, health care, women's health, and veterans' issues.
ID Number:2015.73.16
Date:1998
Street sign made in 2014 for Rev. Dr. S. McKinney Ave
This street was renamed in honor of the Baptist minister, who was an author and leading civil rights advocate in Seattle, WA, from 1958-2017. He served as pastor of Mount Zion Baptist Church, one of the largest and oldest black churches in the Pacific Northwest, from 1958 to 1998 and again from 2005 to 2008.
ID Number:2017.59.1
Date:2014
Pin worn by Rev. Dr. Samuel B. McKinney when he was King Neptune LIV at Seafair, 2003
Rev. Dr. Samuel B. McKinney, Seattle Baptist minister, author and civil rights advocate was honored as King Neptune LIV for the 2003 Seafair festivities.
ID Number:2017.59.2
Date:2003
Morehouse college sweater that belonged to Samuel B. McKinney, 1940s
Rev. Dr. Samuel B. McKinney (1926-2018) served as pastor of Mount Zion Baptist Church, one of the largest and oldest Black churches in the Pacific Northwest, from 1958 to 1998 and again from 2005 to 2008. McKinney was born in Flint, Michigan and grew up Cleveland, Ohio. In 1949 he graduated from Morehouse College, a prestigious historically Black men’s liberal…
ID Number:2017.59.3
Date:1945-1949
Dashiki and hat made by the Black People's Unity Movement of Camden, New Jersey, 1968-1969
This black and white dashiki and matching hat belonged to Rev. Dr. Samuel B. McKinney (1926-2018), author and leading civil rights advocate in Seattle, Washington. He served as pastor of Mount Zion Baptist Church, one of the largest and oldest Black churches in the Pacific Northwest, from 1958 to 1998 and again from 2005 to 2008. As a visible public…
ID Number:2017.59.5
Date:Circa 1968-1969