426 results for: Civil Rights
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"Stop the Corporate World Take-over" poster, 1999
The Third Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization (WTO) was held in Seattle from November 30 to December 3, 1999. Trade ministers and other officials from the WTO's 135 member nations met in an unsuccessful attempt to plan negotiations to further deregulate free trade. Tens of thousands of activists for many causes gathered to protest what they saw as…
ID Number:2000.12.REF.2
Date:1999
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Ralph Abernathy talks with local pastors, Seattle, January 16, 1977
In this image Dr. Ralph D. Abernathy, Sr. (1926-1990), center, president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) talks with Reverend Samuel B. McKinney, left, pastor of Mount Zion Baptist Church, and Reverend John McKenna, right, president of Black United Clergy for Action and pastor of St. Mary's Catholic Church. Abernathy had just arrived at Sea-Tac International Airport and called…
ID Number:2000.107.001.12.01
Date:1977
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Anwar Aboul Hosn with tray of baklava, December 1977
Anwar Aboul Hosn (also spelled Abou El Hosn, Abouelhosn, or Aboul Hossen) came to Seattle in 1973 and purchased the Ali Baba restaurant at 707 East Pine Street in 1977. On New Year’s Day 1978, Anwar Aboul Hosn donated 100% of the proceeds from his restaurant that day to help fellow Lebanese people left homeless by the two-year-old Lebanese civil…
ID Number:2000.107.001.17.01
Date:1977
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Bishop John Hurst Adams discussing education, Seattle, November 19, 1987
Rev. Dr. John Hurst Adams (1927-2018) was the pastor at Seattle’s First African Methodist Episcopal (FAME) Church from 1962 to 1968 and a leader in the city’s civil rights struggle. He chaired the Central Area Civil Rights Committee, made up of the heads of the local civil rights organizations Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), NAACP, and Seattle Urban League. The…
ID Number:2000.107.002.26.01
Date:1987
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Yolanda Alaniz at victory celebration, April 27, 1992
Yolanda Alaniz was born in 1950 in Texas, and grew up in Sunnyside, Washington, in the Yakima Valley. She and her family worked as farm laborers. Alaniz began attending the University of Washington in 1969 and during her time there she became an activist for Chicano rights and women’s rights. At UW, Alaniz was a member of MEChA (Movimiento Estudiantil…
ID Number:2000.107.005.11.01
Date:1992
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Morrie Alhadeff visiting a recovering horse, May 23, 1978
Morris Jerome "Morrie" Alhadeff (1914-1994), a Seattle native, spent 41 years working for the Washington Jockey Club, which operated the Longacres racetrack in Renton, ending his career as General Manager and Chairman of the Board. Strong supporters of civil rights, Alhadeff and his wife Joan Gottstein Alhadeff (1920-1996), daughter of Longacres founder Joseph Gottstein, were great patrons of Northwest art…
ID Number:2000.107.006.04.01
Date:1978
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Morrie and Jane Alhadeff, Seattle, June 26, 1985
Morris Jerome "Morrie" Alhadeff (1914-1994), a Seattle native, spent 41 years working for the Washington Jockey Club, which operated the Longacres racetrack in Renton, ending his career as General Manager and Chairman of the Board. Strong supporters of civil rights, Alhadeff and his wife Joan Gottstein Alhadeff (1920-1996), daughter of Longacres founder Joseph Gottstein, were great patrons of Northwest art…
ID Number:2000.107.006.04.02
Date:1985
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Reginald Alleyne and John Adams at CORE housing rally, Seattle, October 20, 1963
In this image Rev. Dr. John Adams stands behind Reginald Alleyne, president of the Seattle unit of CORE, at a housing rally. Bishop John Hurst Adams (1927-), lived in Seattle from 1962-1968, serving as pastor of First African Methodist Episcopal (AME), and as a key spokesperson for the African American movement for civil rights. Reginald H. Alleyne (1932–2004) played a role…
ID Number:2000.107.006.25.01
Date:1963
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Reginald Alleyne speaking to crowd at Westlake Mall, Seattle, June 15, 1963
In this image Reginald Alleyne, president of the Seattle unit of CORE, speaks to the crowd at Westlake Mall during a demonstration. Reginald H. Alleyne (1932–2004) played a role in the founding of Seattle's chapter of CORE. At the time, he was working in the office of the State of Washington's attorney general, he later was a Professor of Law,…
ID Number:2000.107.006.25.02
Date:1963
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Cal Anderson, October 2, 1987
Calvin “Cal” Anderson (1948-1995) was a progressive politician in Washington. Born in Seattle, he became involved in politics early, working for political campaigns beginning in middle school. After high school, he served as a court reporter for the US Army in Vietnam and received two Bronze Stars. After returning to Seattle, Anderson became more involved in politics, working as an…
ID Number:2000.107.007.19.04
Date:1987