135 results for: Tolman, Cary W.
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Grace Thorpe making sign for protest at courthouse, Seattle, March 16, 1970
On March 8, 1970, about 100 members and sympathizers of United Indian People's Council (later United Indians of All Tribes Foundation, or UIATF) occupied Fort Lawton, a 1,100-acre army post in Seattle's Magnolia neighborhood. They were inspired by the passage of a bill signed by President Richard Nixon, which granted non-federal entities the ability to obtain surplus federal lands for…
ID Number:2000.107.212.01.01
Date:1970
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Bettylou Valentine at site for new Central Youth and Family Services building, Seattle, June 16, 1992
Bettylou (Burleigh) Valentine (1937-2014) came to Seattle in 1959 to attend graduate school at the University of Washington. She was an early leader of Seattle CORE (Congress of Racial Equality), serving as secretary in 1964. She helped organize the campus Civil Rights Action Group (CRAG) after the university administration refused to allow an NAACP chapter on campus. She left Seattle…
ID Number:2000.107.218.33.03
Date:1992
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Ruth Velozo sorting food with volunteers at Northwest Second Harvest, Seattle, August 3, 1983
Northwest Harvest, a Seattle-based non-profit organization, was founded in 1967 by The Ecumenical Metropolitan Ministry (EMM), an interfaith organization committed to identifying and addressing the primary problems of the poor and disadvantaged. The organization created Neighbors in Need and opened 34 food banks in what was initially conceived of as a short-term solution to an employment crisis in Seattle. As…
ID Number:2000.107.219.31.04
Date:1983
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Mary Lou Johnson, Howard Johnson, and Ruth Velozo with delivery at Northwest Harvest, Seattle, December 10, 1986
Northwest Harvest, a Seattle-based non-profit organization, was founded in 1967 by The Ecumenical Metropolitan Ministry (EMM), an interfaith organization committed to identifying and addressing the primary problems of the poor and disadvantaged. The organization created Neighbors in Need and opened 34 food banks in what was initially conceived of as a short-term solution to an employment crisis in Seattle. As…
ID Number:2000.107.219.31.05
Date:1986
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Bao Chao with South Vietnamese flag at Hing Hay Park, Seattle, May 1, 1982
On May 1, 1982, people who had been refugees from Vietnam marched in Hing Hay Park in Seattle's Chinatown - International District to protest Soviet involvement in Vietnam and El Salvador. The marchers carried signs and banners, and many also carried South Vietnamese flags. Here, 4-year old Bao Chao hands her flag to her father, George Dao, so she can…
ID Number:2000.107.220.22.03
Date:1982
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Demonstrators marching at Hing Hay Park, Seattle, May 1, 1982
On May 1, 1982, people who had been refugees from Vietnam marched in Hing Hay Park in Seattle's Chinatown - International District to protest Soviet involvement in Vietnam and El Salvador. The marchers carried signs and banners, and many also carried South Vietnamese flags. Here, holding a flag, 11-year-old Hien Le rests on a bench while the protestors march around…
ID Number:2000.107.220.22.04
Date:1982
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Flo Ware, October 1974
Florestine “Flo” Ware (1912-1981) was a tireless activist who fought for 30 years for the rights of children, the poor, and the aged, particularly in Seattle’s Black community. Within a few years after she moved to Seattle in 1946, Ware was agitating for improvements to Central Area public schools, for better healthcare for elderly people, and for employment opportunities for…
ID Number:2000.107.222.08.04
Date:1974
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Lenny Wilkens, Seattle, May 1983
Lenny Wilkens (1937-2025) was a professional basketball player and coach who played as point guard for the Seattle SuperSonics from 1968-1972, and served as player-coach from 1969-1972. Wilkens returned to coach the Sonics in 1977 and stayed with the team until 1985. His first season back with the Sonics ended in an NBA Finals appearance, and in 1979 Wilkens led…
ID Number:2000.107.230.28.01
Date:1983
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August Wilson, Seattle, September 24, 1990
In this image American playwright August Wilson (1945-2005) discusses his upcoming talk on American history from an African-American perspective, "The Testimony of the Witness," at the Seattle Arts and Lectures series. Wilson had just recently moved to Seattle, where he developed a relationship with Seattle Repertory Theatre, the only theater in the country to produce his entire 10-play series, "The…
ID Number:2000.107.231.21.01
Date:1990
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Emile Wilson and police officer at Seattle University protest, May 21, 1970
On May 21, 1970, during a rally of about 300 students called by the S.U. Student Afro-American Movement for Equality (formerly the Black Student Union) on the campus of Seattle University, several demonstrators broke windows and damaged equipment in the Student Union building. Five students were suspended, and 6 later arrested, including former Black Student Union president Emile Wilson, pictured…
ID Number:2000.107.231.25.01
Date:1970