1950 results for: ACT-UP/Seattle
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Larry Gossett speaking at anti-police violence demonstration, Seattle, April 20, 1971
Larry Gossett (1945-) was born and raised in Seattle, and by the late 1960s was one of Seattle’s best known young Black radicals. In 1967 he was active in Seattle’s Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), and in 1968 he co-founded the University of Washington Black Student Union (UW BSU). Gossett developed a close relationship with other activists for racial justice,…
ID Number:2000.107.077.01.07
Date:1971
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Merce Cunningham and Morris Graves, Seattle, August 28, 1950
Dancer and choreographer Mercier Philip "Merce" Cunningham (1919-2009) was studying acting at the Cornish School in Seattle in 1939 when Martha Graham saw Cunningham dance and invited him to join her company. Cunningham immediately moved to New York and remained at the forefront of the American modern dance for more than 50 years. He also frequently collaborated with artists from…
ID Number:2000.107.078.02.01
Date:1950
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Dick Gregory at Thurston County Superior Court, Olympia, November 20, 1966
Richard Claxton "Dick" Gregory (1932-) is an American comedian and civil rights activist, who helped call attention to Washington State laws restricting Native American rights. The "fish wars," as they were known at the time, led to the Boldt Decision, a federal ruling guaranteeing Washington tribes half the state's salmon and catch.In this image Dick Gregory, left, followed by Mad…
ID Number:2000.107.079.07.01
Date:1966
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Frank Herbert, September 27, 1982
Tacoma-born author Frank Herbert (1920-1986) was an American science fiction writer best known for the novel "Dune" and its five sequels. Though he became famous for science fiction, he was also a newspaper journalist, photographer, short story writer, book reviewer, ecological consultant, and university lecturer. Herbert was a reporter for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer from 1969 to 1972.
ID Number:2000.107.087.11.01
Date:1982
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Beverly and Frank Herbert at home, Port Townsend, September 11, 1979
In this image Tacoma-born author Frank Herbert (1920-1986) and his wife Beverly sit in the living room of their home. Mounted on the wall between the paintings (original works by John Schoenherr for a "Dune" calendar) is a control panel for the home's solar heating system. An avid alternative energy experimenter, Herbert created his own solar collector, wind plant, and…
ID Number:2000.107.087.11.02
Date:1979
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Frank Herbert working in his home office, Port Townsend, September 11, 1979
In this image Tacoma-born author Frank Herbert (1920-1986) sits at his desk in a loft above the kitchen of his Port Townsend home. Though Herbert became famous for writing science fiction, he was also a newspaper journalist, photographer, short story writer, book reviewer, ecological consultant, and university lecturer. Herbert was a reporter for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer from 1969 to 1972.…
ID Number:2000.107.087.11.03
Date:1979
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Frank Herbert at home, Port Townsend, September 11, 1979
In this image Tacoma-born author Frank Herbert (1920-1986) points to fir trees that may need to be topped to allow more sunlight to reach his homemade roof-top solar collectors. He had recently installed a solar heating system that used halved beer cans as collectors. Herbert was the first science fiction author to popularize ideas about ecology and systems thinking, stressing…
ID Number:2000.107.087.11.04
Date:1979
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Dorothy Hollingsworth in Model Cities office, Seattle, August 1972
Dorothy Hollingsworth (1920-2022) was a civic leader and lifelong advocate for education, particularly for children of color, in Seattle. She was the first African American woman to manage a major city agency when she served as director of the Seattle School District Head Start Program from 1965-1969, and the first Black women to serve on a school board in Washington…
ID Number:2000.107.090.30.01
Date:1972
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Dorothy Hollingsworth speaking at Seattle School Board meeting, January 1980
Dorothy Hollingsworth (1920-2022) was a civic leader and lifelong advocate for education, particularly for children of color, in Seattle. She was the first African American woman to manage a major city agency when she served as director of the Seattle School District Head Start Program from 1965-1969, and the first Black women to serve on a school board in Washington…
ID Number:2000.107.090.30.02
Date:1977
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Dorothy Hollingsworth speaking at Seattle School Board meeting, January 1980
Dorothy Hollingsworth (1920-2022) was a civic leader and lifelong advocate for education, particularly for children of color, in Seattle. She was the first African American woman to manage a major city agency when she served as director of the Seattle School District Head Start Program from 1965-1969, and the first Black women to serve on a school board in Washington…
ID Number:2000.107.090.30.03
Date:1980