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Image of Demonstrators protesting new INS policies at INS detention center, Seattle, January 13, 2003
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Demonstrators protesting new INS policies at INS detention center, Seattle, January 13, 2003

In January 2003, U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft implemented a new policy requiring male visitors - including tourists, workers, and students on short-term visas - from 18 mainly Muslim countries to be fingerprinted, interviewed, and photographed by the Immigration and Naturalization Service (now USCIS) or risk deportation. On January 13, 2003, several hundred people gathered in Seattle's Chinatown - International…
ID Number:2000.107.20030113.CD04.003
Date:2003
Image of Demonstrators protesting new INS policies, Seattle, January 13, 2003
Photograph

Demonstrators protesting new INS policies, Seattle, January 13, 2003

In January 2003, U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft implemented a new policy requiring male visitors - including tourists, workers, and students on short-term visas - from 18 mainly Muslim countries to be fingerprinted, interviewed, and photographed by the Immigration and Naturalization Service (now USCIS) or risk deportation. On January 13, 2003, several hundred people gathered in Seattle's Chinatown - International…
ID Number:2000.107.20030113.CD04.004
Date:2003
Image of People participating in a citizenship class at El Centro de la Raza, Seattle, January 21, 2003
Photograph

People participating in a citizenship class at El Centro de la Raza, Seattle, January 21, 2003

Seattle had a growing Latino population in the late 1960s, and activists had been pressing the city for a building in which to establish a Chicano community center. Tired of having their requests ignored, in October 1972 they took over the abandoned Beacon Hill School on 16th Avenue South and renamed it El Centro de la Raza. After a 3-month…
ID Number:2000.107.20030123.CD06.001
Date:2003
Image of People participating in a citizenship class at El Centro de la Raza, Seattle, January 21, 2003
Photograph

People participating in a citizenship class at El Centro de la Raza, Seattle, January 21, 2003

Seattle had a growing Latino population in the late 1960s, and activists had been pressing the city for a building in which to establish a Chicano community center. Tired of having their requests ignored, in October 1972 they took over the abandoned Beacon Hill School on 16th Avenue South and renamed it El Centro de la Raza. After a 3-month…
ID Number:2000.107.20030123.CD06.002
Date:2003
Image of Rally to protest Iranian student deportation flier, Seattle, November 28, 1979
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Rally to protest Iranian student deportation flier, Seattle, November 28, 1979

On November 4, 1979, during the Iranian Revolution, a group of Iranian college students invaded the American embassy in Teheran to protest the visit of Iran’s deposed shah to the United States for medical treatment. They captured 66 Americans and held many of them hostage for 444 days. Among the measures used to pressure the Iranian government to release the…
ID Number:2002.23.1.54.1
Date:1979
Image of Flier for march and rally to protest proposed immigration bill, May 8, 1982
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Flier for march and rally to protest proposed immigration bill, May 8, 1982

In the spring of 1982, the US Congress was debating passage of the Omnibus Immigration Control Act. The purpose of the proposed law was to limit the number of immigrants who could enter the country legally, including those coming to join their families. This flIer promotes the march and rally held in Seattle on May 8, 1982 by a coalition…
ID Number:2002.23.1.75.3
Date:1982
Image of One America Votes mailer, King County, 2010
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One America Votes mailer, King County, 2010

One American Votes is a Seattle-based political organization that empowers local immigrant and refugee communities through its advocacy, civic engagement, and leadership programs. This 2010 mailer from One America Votes repeats in six languages the message "They Say We Don't Vote. Prove Them Wrong. We Vote." It also lists the dates that mail-in ballots are expected to arrive, and are…
ID Number:2014.58.15.1
Date:2010
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Oral history interview with Fred Danz, June 10, 2005

Interview with Fred Danz of Sterling Reality Organization conducted by Lorraine McConaughy for the Speaking of Seattle Oral History Project on June 10, 2005. Topics discussed include his paternal and maternal familes, living in Seattle, his family's relationship with Judaism, and the history of the family businesses in radio and movie theaters, including drive-ins. Copyright agreement: YesDigitized: Yes, CD with…
ID Number:2019.35.1.15
Date:2005
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Oral history interview with William Danz, March 22, 2005

Interview with William Danz about his life in Seattle, conducted by Lorraine McConaghy for the Speaking of Seattle Oral History Project on March 22, 2005. Topics discussed include his family background, his childhood, his education at Garfield High School and the University of Washington and the family business, Sterling Realty Organization (SRO), and the theaters they owned. Copyright agreement: Yes;…
ID Number:2019.35.1.16
Date:2005
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Oral history interview with Farhat Ziadeh, January 18, 2002

This interview with Farhat Ziadeh, the founder of the Jackson School’s Middle East Center and the Department of Near Eastern Languages & Civilization at the University of Washington, was conducted by Margaret Kraushaar for the Speaking of Seattle Oral History Project on January 18, 2002. He was an eminent scholar of Islamic law, a barrister, an Arabic grammarian, a leading…
ID Number:2019.35.1.72
Date:2002
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