393 results for: Central Area
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Models wearing African-influenced fashion by CAMPI members, Seattle, August 15, 1968
The Central Area Mothers for Peace and Improvement (C.A.M.P.I.) held several fashion shows of their African-inspired fashions, created to benefit CAMPI's Zebra Boutique, or La Boutique Africaine, a shop featuring African fashions and authentic African material. In this image, Michael Rhone, foreground, and Ed Bates wear agbadas, African-style shirts for boys. The female models are, left to right, Gwendolyn Lockhart,…
ID Number:2000.107.060.37.01
Date:1968
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Freddie Mae Gautier, September 10, 1990
Freddie Mae Gautier (1930-2001) was an influential civil rights and community activist in Seattle from the 1960s through the 1990s. Gautier's early activism in the civil rights movement introduced her to movement leaders such as Jesse Jackson, the Rev. Ralph Abernathy and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. During the late 1950s-early 1960s, she marched alongside King and other leaders of…
ID Number:2000.107.073.33.01
Date:1990
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Larry Gossett and Roberto Maestas at City Council meeting, Seattle, November 10, 1972
Larry Gossett (1945-) was born and raised in Seattle, and by the late 1960s was one of Seattle’s best known young black radicals. In 1967 he was active in the Seattle chapter of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), and in 1968 he co-founded the University of Washington Black Student Union (UW BSU). Gossett served as executive director of CAMP,…
ID Number:2000.107.077.01.01
Date:1972
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Larry Gossett advocating the recall of Ellen Roe, Seattle, August 9, 1985
After Seattle School Board member Ellen Roe generated controversy with public comments on women, race, and poverty, a movement developed in protest. Some 300 people met at the Mount Zion Baptist Church on August 9, 1985 to begin a petition drive calling for her resignation and for a possible recall election. Representatives from more than 30 minority, feminist, church, and…
ID Number:2000.107.077.01.06
Date:1985
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Dorothy Hollingsworth in Model Cities office, Seattle, August 1972
Dorothy Hollingsworth (1920-2022) was a civic leader and lifelong advocate for education, particularly for children of color, in Seattle. She was the first African American woman to manage a major city agency when she served as director of the Seattle School District Head Start Program from 1965-1969, and the first Black women to serve on a school board in Washington…
ID Number:2000.107.090.30.01
Date:1972
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Dorothy Hollingsworth speaking at Seattle School Board meeting, January 1980
Dorothy Hollingsworth (1920-2022) was a civic leader and lifelong advocate for education, particularly for children of color, in Seattle. She was the first African American woman to manage a major city agency when she served as director of the Seattle School District Head Start Program from 1965-1969, and the first Black women to serve on a school board in Washington…
ID Number:2000.107.090.30.02
Date:1977
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Dorothy Hollingsworth speaking at Seattle School Board meeting, January 1980
Dorothy Hollingsworth (1920-2022) was a civic leader and lifelong advocate for education, particularly for children of color, in Seattle. She was the first African American woman to manage a major city agency when she served as director of the Seattle School District Head Start Program from 1965-1969, and the first Black women to serve on a school board in Washington…
ID Number:2000.107.090.30.03
Date:1980
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Dorothy Hollingsworth sitting in her office, Seattle, March 1986
Dorothy Hollingsworth (1920-2022) was a civic leader and lifelong advocate for education, particularly for children of color, in Seattle. She was the first African American woman to manage a major city agency when she served as director of the Seattle School District Head Start Program from 1965-1969, and the first Black women to serve on a school board in Washington…
ID Number:2000.107.090.30.04
Date:1986
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Paul Horiuchi at home, Seattle, August 12, 1967
Painter and collagist Paul Horiuchi (1906-1999) was one of the artists of the "Northwest School," an art movement which combined natural elements of the Puget Sound area with traditional Asian aesthetics to create a novel and distinct regional style.The Horiuchi family's Rainier Beach home, designed by T. Gregory Saito, was filled with natural light and provided ample space to hang…
ID Number:2000.107.091.28.04
Date:1967
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Coast Salish group on beach, circa 1885
By the late 19th century, most Seattle-area Coast Salish peoples had been moved to reservations and were excluded from living in the city. Sometime before 1895, visiting Native peoples started camping on Ballast Island, at the foot of Washington Street. After 1895, waterfront development forced the encampment further from the central waterfront.In this photo, taken during the 1880s, a Coast…
ID Number:2000.107.096.06.01
Date:Circa 1885