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Image of AIDS hospice advocates at ACT UP demonstration, Seattle, March 20, 1990
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AIDS hospice advocates at ACT UP demonstration, Seattle, March 20, 1990

In this image AIDS hospice advocates demonstrate their support of a planned project for an AIDS hospice at East Madison Street and Martin Luther King Jr. Way. The event was staged by the direct action advocacy group ACT-UP (AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power) in front of the old SeaFirst building on Fourth Avenue, where Roger Leeds, the lawyer for the…
ID Number:2000.107.001.06.13
Date:1990
Image of Demonstrators lying on ground at ACT-UP demonstration, Seattle, June 26, 1990
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Demonstrators lying on ground at ACT-UP demonstration, Seattle, June 26, 1990

In this image a demonstration is being staged by the direct action advocacy group ACT-UP (AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power) at the intersection of E Roy Street and Broadway E. Businesses in image: Whitney's Hallmark; Siam on Broadway Thai CuisineCaption information derived from captions written by Post-Intelligencer staff and attached to the back of the photograph.
ID Number:2000.107.001.06.14
Date:1990
Image of Police and picketers at ACT-UP demonstration, Seattle, May 21, 1990
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Police and picketers at ACT-UP demonstration, Seattle, May 21, 1990

In this image, demonstrators with the direct action advocacy group ACT-UP/Seattle (AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power) rally over the lack of federally funded research on treatments for HIV. They are picketing in front of a Seattle Police van brought to the AIDS Clinical Trial Unit (ACTU) at 11th Avenue and Cherry Street to carry off demonstrators occupying the building. One…
ID Number:2000.107.001.06.15
Date:1990
Image of ACT-UP activists in Mayor's office, Seattle, June 28, 1990
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ACT-UP activists in Mayor's office, Seattle, June 28, 1990

In this image Ann Levinson, Deputy Chief of Staff for Mayor Norman B. Rice, attempts to respond to the demands of a group of ACT UP (AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power) activists who occupied the mayor's office for several hours. The organization was upset about a city drug-loitering ordinance. Caption information derived from captions written by Post-Intelligencer staff and attached…
ID Number:2000.107.001.06.16
Date:1990
Image of Northwest AIDS Walk in Myrtle Edwards Park, Seattle, September 22, 1991
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Northwest AIDS Walk in Myrtle Edwards Park, Seattle, September 22, 1991

In this photo Eiric Ovrid, a member of the gay pride group Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, offers vitamin C tablets to participants in Myrtle Edwards Park during the 10-kilometer Northwest AIDS Walk. An estimated 13,000 walkers and runners participated, raising $1.1 million for 30 AIDS service and education organizations in the state. Caption information derived from captions written by Post-Intelligencer…
ID Number:2000.107.001.06.18
Date:1991
Image of Two men protesting a Seattle Housing Authority decision, Seattle, July 15, 1992
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Two men protesting a Seattle Housing Authority decision, Seattle, July 15, 1992

In this image Keith Powe (center), wearing a sign declaring that he is dying of AIDS, and a friend protest a recent Seattle Housing Authority decision allegedly denying him admittance to public housing. Powe, still homeless, died in 1995. Caption information source: "`Forgotten' Remembered In Death -- Characters Of City Streets Memorialized," by Linda Keene, Seattle Times, December 30, 1995.Caption…
ID Number:2000.107.001.06.19
Date:1992
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 Supporters of abortion reform boarding buses during Referendum 20 campaign, Seattle, March 28, 1970
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Supporters of abortion reform boarding buses during Referendum 20 campaign, Seattle, March 28, 1970

The period leading up to the 1970 passing of hotly-debated Referendum 20 saw many pro- and anti-abortion demonstrations in Washington State. Three years before the Supreme Court ruled in Roe v. Wade that abortion was a constitutional right, Ref. 20 established a limited right to seek an abortion, and Washington became one of only a handful of states to permit…
ID Number:2000.107.001.15.01
Date:1970
Image of Supporters of abortion reform demonstrating at United States Courthouse, Seattle, October 31, 1970
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Supporters of abortion reform demonstrating at United States Courthouse, Seattle, October 31, 1970

The period leading up to the 1970 passing of hotly-debated Referendum 20 saw many pro- and anti-abortion demonstrations in Washington State. Three years before the Supreme Court ruled in Roe v. Wade that abortion was a constitutional right, Ref. 20 established a limited right to seek an abortion, and Washington became one of only a handful of states to permit…
ID Number:2000.107.001.15.02
Date:1970
Image of Supporters of abortion reform marching on the Capitol, Olympia, January 12, 1970<br />
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Supporters of abortion reform marching on the Capitol, Olympia, January 12, 1970

The period leading up to the 1970 passing of hotly-debated Referendum 20 saw many pro- and anti-abortion demonstrations in Washington State. Three years before the Supreme Court ruled in Roe v. Wade that abortion was a constitutional right, Ref. 20 established a limited right to seek an abortion, and Washington became one of only a handful of states to permit…
ID Number:2000.107.001.15.03
Date:1970
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