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Girl riding carousel at Fun Forest, Seattle Center, March 25, 1967
Originally built for the 1962 World's Fair, the 74-acre Seattle Center is an arts, educational, tourism and entertainment center in Seattle. A favorite spot at Seattle Center for many kids was the Fun Forest, an amusement park complete with roller coasters and carnival-style games. The Fun Forest closed in 2011 and since 2012 the site has been occupied by Chihuly…
ID Number:1986.5.2382.1
Date:1967
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Children hunting for eggs, Seattle Center, March 25, 1967
Originally built for the 1962 World's Fair, the 74-acre Seattle Center is an arts, educational, tourism and entertainment center in Seattle. A favorite spot at Seattle Center for many kids was the Fun Forest, an amusement park complete with roller coasters and carnival-style games. The Fun Forest closed in 2011 and since 2012 the site has been occupied by Chihuly…
ID Number:1986.5.2382.2
Date:1967
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Aaron Dixon and Trolice Flavors at court hearing for Franklin High School sit-in, Seattle, April 5, 1968
In March of 1968 two Black students, cousins Charles Oliver and Trolice Flavors, where suspended from Seattle's Franklin High School after an altercation with a white student, who was not reprimanded. Franklin's outraged Black students, with the help of UW Black Student Union (BSU) activists Carl Miller, Aaron Dixon and Larry Gossett, planned a peaceful demonstration at the school to…
ID Number:1986.5.11579.11
Date:1968
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BSU occupation of Administration Building at UW, May 20, 1968
University of Washington's Black Student Union (BSU) was founded in early 1968 at a time when very few Black students attended the UW. Over the next several years the BSU led campaigns that transformed the University and helped reshape educational opportunities for young people of color in Seattle and throughout Washington state.On May 20, 1968, the Black Student Union occupied…
ID Number:1986.5.16852.4
Date:1968
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Larry Gossett leading students at BSU UW protest, May 20, 1968
University of Washington's Black Student Union was founded in early 1968 at a time when very few black students attended the UW. Over the next several years the BSU led campaigns that transformed the University and helped reshape educational opportunities for young people of color in Seattle and throughout Washington state.On May 20, 1968, University of Washington's Black Student Union…
ID Number:1986.5.16852.15
Date:1968
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Curtis Harris, member of Seattle Black Panther party, September 19, 1968
The Black Panther Party for Self Defense established its Seattle chapter in the spring of 1968, after Aaron Dixon, Elmer Dixon, Anthony Ware, Gary Owens and several other future Panthers attended a memorial service in San Francisco for 17 year-old Bobby Hutton, who had been killed in a shootout with local police. While in Oakland, the Seattle youth met BPP…
ID Number:1986.5.27790.14
Date:1968
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Leaders of Negro Voter's League, Seattle, August 6, 1968
Seattle's African-American population increased dramatically between 1940 and 1960, making the community the city's largest minority group, overtaking the Chinese, Japanese, and Filipino residents, which together had historically formed Seattle's largest minority population. All of the city's minority groups experienced some form of discrimination, including geographic segregation, employment inequity, and housing discrimination. This image shows three leaders of the Negro…
ID Number:1986.5.50024.1
Date:1968
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Tommy Harper at bat for the Seattle Pilots, Seattle, 1969
Tommy Harper (b. 1940) is a retired professional baseball player who played for Cincinnati, Cleveland, Seattle, Milwaukee, California (Anaheim), Oakland, and Baltimore during his 15-season career. He played all three outfield positions, was designated hitter, and played first, second, and third base across his time in Major League Baseball. In 1969, he played for the Seattle Pilots in their only…
ID Number:1986.5.56053.1
Date:1969
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Guy Anderson in his studio with mural design, LaConner, August 16, 1968
Painter Guy Anderson (1906-1998) was one of the defining artists of the "Northwest School," an art movement which combined natural elements of the Puget Sound area with traditional Asian aesthetics to create a novel and distinct regional style that was different from traditional Northwest Native American art forms, which had been long recognized as "northwest art."Here, in the spring of…
ID Number:2000.107.007.28.04
Date:1968
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Panel at Allied Arts Congress meeting, December 4, 1966
In 1966, Allied Arts of Seattle President Norman Johnson issued a challenge to members of the organization and to the larger arts community to expand the scope of community involvement in the arts. A panel was convened for the December 1966 Allied Arts meeting, to discuss the need for outreach to Seattle’s Black and Indigenous communities, particularly in the city’s…
ID Number:2000.107.014.25.02
Date:1966