3221 results for: Seattle Post-Intelligencer
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Roberto Maestas speaking to city council members, Seattle, June 11, 1974
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 75-day…
ID Number:2000.107.117.04.03
Date:1974
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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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Roberto Maestas and Estela Ortega being married at Beacon Hill School, December 1972
Roberto Felipe Maestas (1938-2010) was a Mexican American activist in Seattle. He became involved in civil rights and antiwar protests in the late 1960s and in 1972 he led the occupation of the old Beacon Hill School, leading to the founding of the Chicano community center El Centro de la Raza, which Maestas led until 2009. Estela Ortega (b. 1950)…
ID Number:2000.107.117.04.07
Date:1972
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The Main Attraction performing at the Northwest Music Awards Show, Seattle, March 22, 1992
The Seattle a cappella quartet The Main Attraction was formed in 1981 when singer Tony Graves called Antowaine Richardson and Lee Conerly to start a singing group; Ronnie Rowland soon joined them. Using the name of Graves' previous, disbanded group, The Main Attraction started out signing on street corners and in local bars, but soon began singing on bigger stages,…
ID Number:2000.107.117.23.01
Date:1992
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Portrait of Rickie Malone, Seattle, August 9, 1975
Rickie Malone has been teaching and advocating for children in Seattle Public Schools since the 1970s. Graduating from Seattle Central Community College (now Seattle Central College), Malone first taught second and third graders at Colman Elementary School, then taught fourth and fifth grade at the African American Academy when it opened in 1991. She retired as the Academy's principal in…
ID Number:2000.107.117.34.01
Date:1975
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Rickie Malone teaching at African American Academy, Seattle, September 5, 1991
Rickie Malone has been teaching and advocating for children in Seattle Public Schools since the 1970s. Graduating from Seattle Central Community College (now Seattle Central College), Malone first taught 2nd and 3rd graders at Colman Elementary School, then taught 4th and 5th grade at the African American Academy when it opened in 1991. She retired as the Academy's principal in…
ID Number:2000.107.117.34.02
Date:1991
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Edgar Martinez sliding past Matt Nokes, Seattle, July 16, 1991
Edgar MartÃnez (1963-) is a former Major League Baseball designated hitter and third baseman and, since 2014, is a hitting coach for the Seattle Mariners. He spent his entire 18-year Major League Baseball playing career with the Mariners, who retired his number, 11, in 2017. Edgar and his wife Holli created the Martinez Foundation, which works to provide resources, educational…
ID Number:2000.107.119.17.01
Date:1991
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Alden Mason, May 19, 1987
Alden Mason (1919-2013) was a Seattle-based painter and art professor. Born in Everett, he graduated from the University of Washington (UW) with a Master of Fine Arts degree in 1947 and was hired as an instructor in 1949. Mason’s artistic career took off in the 1970s, with exhibitions in Seattle museums and galleries as well as shows across western North…
ID Number:2000.107.119.26.01
Date:1987