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No Plutonium poster, July 15, 1986
The 1986 anti-nuclear rally advertised on this poster was organized in response to the Department of Energy’s (DOE) proposal to use the Hanford facility in Washington state as the nation’s nuclear waste repository. In the wake of the April 1986 Chernobyl disaster and recent news that Hanford was a finalist for housing America’s nuclear waste, public distrust of the DOE…
ID Number:2002.23.8.3.3
Date:1986
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Let People Live! poster, 1978
This poster urges voters in Seattle to reject Initiative 13, which proposed to overturn Seattle’s nondiscrimination clauses covering sexual minorities, and Initiative 15, which would allow the use of deadly force to apprehend an unarmed suspect. The movement against Initiative 13 coalesced into three major local organizations: Seattle Committee Against Thirteen (SCAT), Women Against Thirteen (later Women Acting Together), and…
ID Number:2002.23.8.6.1
Date:1978
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Vote no on 13 poster, 1978
The poster pictured here urged voters in Seattle to reject Initiative 13, which intended to overturn Seattle’s nondiscrimination clauses covering sexual minorities. The movement against the Initiative coalesced into three major local organizations: Seattle Committee Against Thirteen (SCAT), Women Against Thirteen (later Women Acting Together), and Citizens to Retain Fair Employment (CRFE). According to "The SAGE Handbook of Political Geography,…
ID Number:2002.23.8.6.2
Date:1978
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Discrimination Response System poster, circa 1985
This poster advertises a service in Seattle called the Discrimination Response System which addressed discrimination "within the GBLTQ community such as carding Blacks and Drag Queens in some gay bars, etc." The program was supported by the local chapter of Black and White Men Together (BWMT) a gay, multiracial, multicultural organization founded in 1983. Caption information source: http://www.sgn.org/sgnnews34_25/page7.cfmCaption information source:…
ID Number:2002.23.8.6.3
Date:Circa 1985
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Your privacy is at stake! poster, 1978
The poster pictured here urged voters in Seattle to reject Initiative 13, which intended to overturn Seattle’s nondiscrimination clauses covering sexual minorities. The movement against the Initiative coalesced into three major local organizations: Seattle Committee Against Thirteen (SCAT), Women Against Thirteen (later Women Acting Together), and Citizens to Retain Fair Employment (CRFE). According to "The SAGE Handbook of Political Geography,…
ID Number:2002.23.8.6.4
Date:1978
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Operation Homestead poster, Seattle, May 1991
Through the 1980s, low-income housing was steadily disappearing in Seattle. Many older downtown apartment buildings which offered affordable housing were condemned by their landowners as, in many cases, it was more profitable to have an abandoned property then to pay for management and upkeep. The direct-action group Operation Homestead, formed in 1988, occupied abandoned buildings to draw attention to this…
ID Number:2002.23.8.7.1
Date:1991
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Youth Advocates poster, Seattle, 1979
In the late 1960s and early 1970s, problems with teen runaways and drug use in Seattle and King County led to the formation of Youth Advocates. The group advocated setting up counseling and training centers, modernizing the juvenile justice system, and dealing with family problems before young people ran away from home. By 1980, it had become part of United…
ID Number:2002.23.8.7.2
Date:1979
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Poster for Indian Fishing Rights demonstration, May 12, 1979
The poster pictured here advertises a demonstration in support of Indian fishing rights, with a march from Westlake Mall to a rally at Waterfront Park in downtown Seattle. Sponsored by the Native American Solidarity Committee, the event featured speeches as well as Indian drumming and a performance by Sioux musician Floyd Westerman (1936-2007). Caption information source: "Demonstration set on Indian…
ID Number:2002.23.8.9.1
Date:1979
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Poster advertising Indian Art Mart at Daybreak Star Art Center, Seattle, 1979
In 1970, some 100 Native Americans and supporters occupied Fort Lawton, a Seattle Army base that had been declared surplus. The group wanted to reclaim what had been part of their historic lands. After being ejected by military police, group members camped nearby, maintaining their rights and involving celebrities in their cause. In 1977, after much negotiation and Congressional involvement,…
ID Number:2002.23.8.9.3
Date:1979
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Poster for anti-war march and rally at University of Washington, Seattle, 1972
After large protests against the Vietnam War in 1970, University of Washington students and other activists continued smaller protests over the next several years as the war became increasingly entrenched. This poster identifies a May 1 march and rally, beginning at the University of Washington Husky Union Building. The event was "to support the Vietnamese people" and the poster features…
ID Number:2002.23.8.12.4
Date:1972