426 results for: Civil Rights
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Cal Anderson being sworn in as state representative, Seattle, November 9, 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:2000.107.007.19.05
Date:1987
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Doug Barnett discussing new play, Seattle, April 5, 1970
Black Arts/West was Seattle’s first black theatre and functioned as a three component program: theatre, dance, and an art gallery displaying the work of local and national artists. Evolving out of the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s, Black Arts/West was founded by Douglas Q. Barnett (1931-) in 1969. As a division of the Central Area Motivation Program, an anti-poverty…
ID Number:2000.107.014.21.01
Date:1970
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Powell Barnett accepting Jackson Street Community Council Man of the Year award, Seattle, April 1964
Powell S. Barnett (1883-1971) was a Seattle-based musician, baseball player, civil rights activist, and African American community leader. Born in Indiana, Barnett moved with his family to Roslyn, Washington, in 1889. His father, an ex-slave, was one of many black miners recruited to work in Washington coal mines. As a teenager, Powell also worked in the Roslyn coal mines, and…
ID Number:2000.107.014.21.02
Date:1964
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Powell Barnett and Katherine Conna Barnett on their golden wedding anniversary, Seattle, August 23, 1956
Powell S. Barnett (1883-1971) was a Seattle-based musician, baseball player, civil rights activist, and African American community leader. Barnett married Katherine Conna (1890-1971) of the pioneering John N. Conna family in 1906, and the couple settled in Seattle. Powell Barnett organized the Leschi Improvement Council and became its first president in 1967, led in organizing the East Madison YMCA and…
ID Number:2000.107.014.21.03
Date:1956
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Roberta Byrd Barr, 1966
Roberta Byrd Barr (1919-1993) was a civil rights leader, educator, and journalist. Born in Tacoma, Byrd Barr returned to Seattle in 1959, attending University of Washington and working as a teacher at Jefferson Elementary School, and then librarian at John Muir Elementary. When Seattle teachers and parents boycotted the city’s public schools and demanded desegregation in 1966, Barr headed the…
ID Number:2000.107.014.25.01
Date:1966
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Roberta Byrd Barr and her son Robert, May 4, 1967
Roberta Byrd Barr (1919-1993) was a civil rights leader, educator, and journalist. Born in Tacoma, Barr returned to Seattle in 1959, attending University of Washington and working as a teacher at Jefferson Elementary School, and then as librarian at John Muir Elementary. When Seattle teachers and parents boycotted the city’s public schools and demanded desegregation in 1966, Barr headed the…
ID Number:2000.107.014.25.03
Date:1967
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Roberta Byrd Barr sitting at desk, May 4, 1967
Roberta Byrd Barr (1919-1993) was a civil rights leader, educator, and journalist. Born in Tacoma, Barr returned to Seattle in 1959, attending University of Washington and working as a teacher at Jefferson Elementary School, and then as librarian at John Muir Elementary. When Seattle teachers and parents boycotted the city’s public schools and demanded desegregation in 1966, Barr headed the…
ID Number:2000.107.014.25.04
Date:1967
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Roberta Byrd Barr with Law Forum student panelists, Seattle Center, March 21, 1968
In 1968, the Seattle-King County Bar Association and the Seattle Post-Intelligencer sponsored a series of four free public forums on “What Everyone Should Know About the Law.” The second forum of the series, “Juvenile Rights and Responsibilities,” featured a panel of six high school students and seven adults, most of whom worked in fields related to youth and the law.…
ID Number:2000.107.014.25.05
Date:1968
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Roberta Byrd Barr speaking at school levy rally, May 3, 1971
Roberta Byrd Barr (1919-1993) was a civil rights leader, educator, and journalist. Born in Tacoma, Barr returned to Seattle in 1959, attending University of Washington and working as a teacher at Jefferson Elementary School, and then as librarian at John Muir Elementary. When Seattle teachers and parents boycotted the city’s public schools and demanded desegregation in 1966, Barr headed the…
ID Number:2000.107.014.25.06
Date:1971
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Roberta Byrd Barr rehearsing "Peace Child" with students, October 1984
Roberta Byrd Barr (1919-1993) was a civil rights leader, educator, and journalist. Born in Tacoma, Barr returned to Seattle in 1959, attending University of Washington and working as a teacher at Jefferson Elementary School, and then as librarian at John Muir Elementary. When Seattle teachers and parents boycotted the city’s public schools and demanded desegregation in 1966, Barr headed the…
ID Number:2000.107.014.25.07
Date:1984