1950 results for: ACT-UP/Seattle
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Last Guns and Eagle Plume, Seattle, November 2, 1961
In this image, Last Guns (James White Calf, Sr.), the oldest man in the Blackfeet Nation at 103, holds a traditional headdress while sitting next to his son, Eagle Plume (James White Calf, Jr.). He traveled from Browing, Montana, to Seattle to present the headdress to President John F. Kennedy, who was in Seattle on November 16 to deliver a…
ID Number:2000.107.095.27.05
Date:1961
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Demonstrators in favor of Native fishing rights at Washington State Capitol, Olympia, September 5, 1968
In the 1960s, Native Americans and their supporters began protesting Washington State laws restricting Native American fishing rights that had been granted in a series of treaties with the United States between 1854 and 1855. The Survival of the American Indian Society (SAIA), the NAACP, and the National Indian Youth Council (NIYC), coordinated a series of protests and peaceful demonstrations…
ID Number:2000.107.096.09.01
Date:1968
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Kichisaburo Ishimitsu and friends at redress ceremony, Seattle, October 14, 1990
The Japanese American Redress Movement refers to the efforts, from the 1940s through the 1990s, to obtain the restitution of civil rights, monetary compensation, and an apology from the U.S. government for the forced removal and incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II. Japanese Americans protested their mass incarceration with defiance and protests while living at the camps, and…
ID Number:2000.107.098.20.02
Date:1990
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Cherry Kinoshita holding symbol of Japanese American incarceration, Seattle, July 22, 1988
Born in Seattle, Cherry Tanaka Kinoshita (1923-2008) was incarcerated at Minidoka Relocation Center during World War II. She married, returned to Seattle in 1950, and raised a family. Kinoshita was particularly active in efforts to obtain an apology and reparations from the United States government for the wartime incarceration of Japanese Americans. In 1980, Kinoshita became a founder of the…
ID Number:2000.107.105.35.01
Date:1988
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Cherry Kinoshita, Seattle, July 22, 1988
Born in Seattle, Cherry Tanaka Kinoshita (1923-2008) was interned at Minidoka Relocation Center during World War II. She married, returned to Seattle in 1950, and raised a family. Kinoshita was particularly active in efforts obtain an apology and reparations from the United States government for the wartime incarceration of Japanese Americans. In 1980, Kinoshita became a founder of the Washington…
ID Number:2000.107.105.35.02
Date:1988
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Elaine Ko speaking at press conference, Seattle, August 5, 1982
Elaine Ko (b. 1954) is a community activist in Seattle who has worked for decades on behalf of the Asian and Pacific Islander community, immigrants, refugees, women, and victims of domestic violence in the Puget Sound area. In 2006, Ko succeeded Bob Santos as Executive Director of the Inter*Im Community Development Association in Seattle's Chinatown - International District (previously the…
ID Number:2000.107.107.16.01
Date:1982
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Roberto Maestas working in garden at his home, Seattle, July 22, 1984
Roberto Felipe Maestas (1938-2010) was a Mexican American activist in Seattle. Maestas became involved in UW civil-rights and antiwar demonstrations in the late 1960s-early 1970s and was a fierce advocate for Chicano and other minority concerns. He led the occupation of the old Beacon Hill School in 1972, leading to the founding of the Chicano community center El Centro de…
ID Number:2000.107.117.04.04
Date:1984
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Roberto Maestas with children at El Centro de la Raza, Seattle, October 22, 1987
Roberto Felipe Maestas (1938-2010) was a Mexican American activist in Seattle. Maestas became involved in UW civil-rights and antiwar demonstrations in the late 1960s-early 1970s and was a fierce advocate for Chicano and other minority concerns. He led the occupation of the old Beacon Hill School in 1972, leading to the founding of the Chicano community center El Centro de…
ID Number:2000.107.117.04.05
Date:1987
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Roberto Maestas at a City Council hearing, Seattle, November 10, 1972
Roberto Felipe Maestas (1938-2010) was a Mexican American activist in Seattle. Maestas became involved in UW civil-rights and antiwar demonstrations in the late 1960s-early 1970s and was a fierce advocate for Chicano and other minority concerns. He led the occupation of the old Beacon Hill School in 1972, leading to the founding of the Chicano community center El Centro de…
ID Number:2000.107.117.04.06
Date:1972
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Terri Mast and daughter Kalayaan Domingo, August 5, 1982
Terri Mast is an activist and labor leader from Seattle. She was involved in the antiwar and women’s rights movements, and was an important figure in the Union of Democratic Filipinos (KDP). She helped start the Committee for Justice for Domingo and Viernes (CJDV) and led the International Longshore & Warehouse Union Local 37. As of 2022, Mast is secretary-treasurer…
ID Number:2000.107.119.32.01
Date:1982