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Image of Myrlie Evers-Williams talking with reception attendees, Seattle, April 25, 1970
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Myrlie Evers-Williams talking with reception attendees, Seattle, April 25, 1970

In this image Myrlie Louise (Beasley) Evers-Williams (1933-), second from left, chats with three unidentified women at a reception in the Mount Zion Baptist Church Fellowship Hall. Ms. Evers-Williams, widow of slain civil-rights leader Medgar Evers, was in Seattle for the dedication of the Medgar Evers Pool near Garfield High School in the Central District neighborhood. Caption information source: The…
ID Number:1986.5.52139.1
Date:1970
Image of Members of the Love Israel Family refinishing furniture, Seattle, August 1971
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Members of the Love Israel Family refinishing furniture, Seattle, August 1971

The Love Israel Family, a Seattle communal group, was founded in 1968 by Paul Erdman, who changed his name to Love Israel. The Family started out in a bungalow on Seattle’s Queen Anne Hill, and all members took the surname Israel, with new first names representing virtues or biblical figures. Their non-traditional dress, living arrangements, and spiritual practices were often…
ID Number:1986.5.54913.1
Date:1971
Image of Members of the Love Israel Family at a bungalow, Seattle, August 1971
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Members of the Love Israel Family at a bungalow, Seattle, August 1971

The Love Israel Family, a Seattle communal group, was founded in 1968 by Paul Erdman, who changed his name to Love Israel. The Family started out in a bungalow on Seattle’s Queen Anne Hill, and all members took the surname Israel, with new first names representing virtues or biblical figures. Their non-traditional dress, living arrangements, and spiritual practices were often…
ID Number:1986.5.54913.2
Date:1971
Image of Members of the Love Israel Family renovating a house, Seattle, August 1971
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Members of the Love Israel Family renovating a house, Seattle, August 1971

The Love Israel Family, a Seattle communal group, was founded in 1968 by Paul Erdman, who changed his name to Love Israel. The Family started out in a bungalow on Seattle’s Queen Anne Hill, and all members took the surname Israel, with new first names representing virtues or biblical figures. Their non-traditional dress, living arrangements, and spiritual practices were often…
ID Number:1986.5.54913.3
Date:1971
Image of Members of the Love Israel Family reading scripture, Seattle, August 1971
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Members of the Love Israel Family reading scripture, Seattle, August 1971

The Love Israel Family, a Seattle communal group, was founded in 1968 by Paul Erdman, who changed his name to Love Israel. The Family started out in a bungalow on Seattle’s Queen Anne Hill, and all members took the surname Israel, with new first names representing virtues or biblical figures. Their non-traditional dress, living arrangements, and spiritual practices were often…
ID Number:1986.5.54913.4
Date:1971
Image of Ralph Abernathy talks with local pastors, Seattle, January 16, 1977
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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
Image of Pro-choice supporters outside Faith Tabernacle, Kent, April 9, 1989
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Pro-choice supporters outside Faith Tabernacle, Kent, April 9, 1989

In this image two supporters of NOW (National Organization for Women) take their abortion-rights message to Faith Tabernacle in Kent. In Seattle on the same day demonstrators marched at St. James Cathedral. Caption information derived from captions written by Post-Intelligencer staff and attached to the back of the photograph.
ID Number:2000.107.001.16.07
Date:1989
Image of Supporters of Initiative 471 demonstrating outside Capitol, Olympia, January 18, 1985
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Supporters of Initiative 471 demonstrating outside Capitol, Olympia, January 18, 1985

In this image Initiative 471 supporters bow their heads in prayer on the steps of the Capitol in Olympia. About 3,700 demonstrators came to show support for the measure, which would repeal state funding of abortions. Caption information derived from captions written by Post-Intelligencer staff and attached to the back of the photograph.
ID Number:2000.107.001.16.09
Date:1985
Image of Anti-abortion demonstration on Fifth Avenue, Seattle, May 30, 1985
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Anti-abortion demonstration on Fifth Avenue, Seattle, May 30, 1985

On May 30, 1985, a coalition of Seattle religious groups walked from the Seattle Center to the Federal Courthouse in a "Memorial March for the Unborn.'' In this image, anti-abortion demonstrators march down Fifth Avenue towards the Federal Courthouse. Caption information derived from captions written by Post-Intelligencer staff and attached to the back of the photograph.
ID Number:2000.107.001.16.10
Date:1985
Image of Bishop John Hurst Adams discussing education, Seattle, November 19, 1987
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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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