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Image of Morris the cat at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer office, Seattle, December 1981
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Morris the cat at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer office, Seattle, December 1981

Morris, the star of television commercials for 9 Lives cat food, visited Seattle in 1981 on a publicity tour. In this photo, a Post-Intelligencer photographer caught him trying out a computer in the newspaper's offices.
ID Number:2002.68.1
Date:1981
Image of Franklin High School sit-in defendant Carl Miller at King County jail, April 1968
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Franklin High School sit-in defendant Carl Miller at King County jail, April 1968

In March of 1968 two Black students, cousins Charles Oliver and Trolice Flavors, were suspended from Seattle's Franklin High School after an altercation with a white student, who was not reprimanded. Franklin's outraged Black students, with the help of UW Black Student Union (BSU) activists Carl Miller, Aaron Dixon and Larry Gossett, planned a peaceful demonstration at the school to…
ID Number:2002.68.9.5
Date:1968
Image of Franklin High School sit-in defendants at King County jail, April 1968
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Franklin High School sit-in defendants at King County jail, April 1968

In March of 1968 two Black students, cousins Charles Oliver and Trolice Flavors, were suspended from Seattle's Franklin High School after an altercation with a white student, who was not reprimanded. Franklin's outraged Black students, with the help of UW Black Student Union (BSU) activists Carl Miller, Aaron Dixon and Larry Gossett, planned a peaceful demonstration at the school to…
ID Number:2002.68.9.9
Date:1968
Image of Franklin High School sit-in defendants speaking with the press at King County jail, April 1968
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Franklin High School sit-in defendants speaking with the press at King County jail, April 1968

In March of 1968 two Black students, cousins Charles Oliver and Trolice Flavors, were suspended from Seattle's Franklin High School after an altercation with a white student, who was not reprimanded. Franklin's outraged Black students, with the help of UW Black Student Union (BSU) activists Carl Miller, Aaron Dixon and Larry Gossett, planned a peaceful demonstration at the school to…
ID Number:2002.68.9.10
Date:1968
Image of Unveiling of James Washington Jr. sculpture
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Unveiling of James Washington Jr. sculpture "Virgins' Lamps with Fish" at Bothell Library, January 11, 1970

James Washington Jr. (1911-2000) was a sculptor and painter who became associated with the Northwest School of artists in Seattle. He grew up in Mississippi and moved to Seattle in 1944 to work for the Navy during World War II. Washington was largely self-taught and he believed this lack of formal training was essential to his artistic success. In the…
ID Number:2002.68.140.05
Date:1970
Image of Robert L. Scott in booth at KYAC radio station, Seattle, May 1975
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Robert L. Scott in booth at KYAC radio station, Seattle, May 1975

KYAC was the first Black-owned radio station in Seattle, broadcasting from 1965 to 1981 with a focus on playing music by Black artists. In addition to music, KYAC broadcast local news relevant to Seattle’s Black population, ran radio contests, hosted live events for listeners, and engaged in activism in the Black community. Initially, KYAC was owned by a white man.…
ID Number:2002.68.1386.16
Date:1975
Image of Robert L. Scott in booth at KYAC radio station, Seattle, May 1975
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Robert L. Scott in booth at KYAC radio station, Seattle, May 1975

KYAC was the first Black-owned radio station in Seattle, broadcasting from 1965 to 1981 with a focus on playing music by Black artists. In addition to music, KYAC broadcast local news relevant to Seattle’s Black population, ran radio contests, hosted live events for listeners, and engaged in activism in the Black community. Initially, KYAC was owned by a white man.…
ID Number:2002.68.1386.20
Date:1975
Image of Robert L. Scott in booth at KYAC radio station, Seattle, May 1975
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Robert L. Scott in booth at KYAC radio station, Seattle, May 1975

KYAC was the first Black-owned radio station in Seattle, broadcasting from 1965 to 1981 with a focus on playing music by Black artists. In addition to music, KYAC broadcast local news relevant to Seattle’s Black population, ran radio contests, hosted live events for listeners, and engaged in activism in the Black community. Initially, KYAC was owned by a white man.…
ID Number:2002.68.1386.22
Date:1975
Image of Three people playing cards during Beacon Hill School occupation, October 18, 1972
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Three people playing cards during Beacon Hill School occupation, October 18, 1972

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:2002.68.1595.23
Date:1972
Image of Protesters inside Beacon Hill School, October 18, 1972
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Protesters inside Beacon Hill School, October 18, 1972

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:2002.68.1595.26
Date:1972
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