57 results for: Civil Rights
Black jacket worn by Flossie Smith to 1961 event with Martin Luther King Jr.
This black jacket belonged to Flossie McFarlin Smith who wore it to an event with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. when he visited Seattle in 1961. Smith was a deaconess at Mount Zion Baptist church. The pastor of Mount Zion, Rev. Dr. Samuel Berry McKinney had been classmates with King at Morehouse College and was the one who invited him…
ID Number:2019.105.16
Date:1958-1961
Mask, "I Can't Breathe," made by Sonia Wooten-Gill, FayWoo's Signature Collection, 2020
Among the local designers and artists who began making face masks in 2020, many Black designers were inspired to infuse powerful messages into their creations. This mask was made by local milliner and clothing designer Sonia Wooten-Gill whose line is called FayeWoo’s Signature Collection. "I Can't Breathe" were the last words of Eric Garner, a Black man who died in…
ID Number:2020.30.1
Date:2020
Mask, "Juneteenth 1865," by Ashaunti Martin-Smith, Ashaunti Monique Customs, 2020
Among the local designers and artists who began making face masks in 2020, many Black designers were inspired to infuse powerful messages into their creations. This mask was sewn and hand painted by designer Ashaunti Martin-Smith of Ashaunti Monique Customs. Juneteenth is a celebration of Black liberation, celebrated on June 19th. It is the anniversary of the day in 1865…
ID Number:2020.30.2
Date:2020
Sign, "I Can't Even," from the Seattle Womxn's March, 2017
The Seattle’s Womxn's March in 2017 was the largest political protest in the city’s history—over 150,000 people attended. This sign was carried by a local Seattleite who is fed up with the current non-tolerant politics towards certain communities.
ID Number:2020.MarchSign
Date:2017
Two plastic bottles of homemade eyewash used during the racial justice protests in Seattle in June, 2020
These recycled plastic water bottles held homemade eyewash solutions for treating effects of chemical agents like teargas and pepper spray used by police on protesters during the June protests for racial justice, 2020. They were collected by MOHAI staff from Cal Anderson Park in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Seattle.
ID Number:2020.Protest.1
Date:2020
Quilt made by Odessa Davis, 1965
This quilt was hand stitched by Odessa Davis for Lora-Ellen McKinney and came with a matching pillow (see 2025.17.2). Davis was born in Texas and came to Seattle sometime before 1950. She and her husband Ernest attended Mount Zion Baptist Church which was near their home on 25th Ave East. Dr. Lora-Ellen McKinney is the daughter of Rev. Dr. Samuel…
ID Number:2025.17.1
Date:1965
Pillow made by Odessa Davis, 1965
This pillow was made by Odessa Davis for Lora-Ellen McKinney with a matching quilt (see 2025.17.1). Davis was born in Texas and came to Seattle sometime before 1950. She and her husband Ernest attended Mount Zion Baptist Church which was near their home on 25th Ave East. Dr. Lora-Ellen McKinney is the daughter of Rev. Dr. Samuel Berry McKinney, longtime…
ID Number:2025.17.2
Date:1965