513 results for: Protests and Demonstrations
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Crowd at rally at Matthews Beach Park about proposed Burke-Gilman Trail, Seattle, September 12, 1971
On a sunny Sunday, over a thousand people flooded Matthews Beach Park to support or oppose the creation of a new hiking/biking trail following the old Seattle, Lake Shore, and Eastern Railway route. Hikers and bikers strongly favored the idea, but nearby property owners feared noise, litter, and vandalism. Some attendees carried signs. Local politicians and people from both sides…
ID Number:2000.107.029.17.02
Date:1971
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Demonstration outside Burlington Northern headquarters in favor of extending Burke-Gilman trail, Seattle, March 3, 1988
After the success of the initial stretch of the Burke-Gilman Trail along Lake Washington, walkers, joggers, and bikers pressed for a western extension. Burlington Northern had just sold property that included several vacated stretches of rail, and the city had been planning to buy these. While the Montana-based purchasers said they would not block the trail, not everyone was convinced.…
ID Number:2000.107.029.17.05
Date:1988
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Taiwanese students from University of Washington protesting China policy, December 17, 1978
On December 17, 1978, about fifty University of Washington students demonstrated in downtown Seattle to protest President Carter's decision to recognize the People's Republic of China and sever diplomatic ties with Taiwan. The students decried what they saw as Carter's inconsistency in his human rights program, which had previously supported free people over those under Communist regimes. This photos shows…
ID Number:2000.107.036.11.02
Date:1978
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Tienanmen Square Massacre remembrance at Hing Hay Park, Seattle, June 3, 1990
On June 3, 1990, about 200 people gathered at Hing Hay Park to remember the victims of the Tienanmen Square massacre in Beijing one year earlier, when Chinese troops with tanks and assualt weapons killed hundreds, perhaps thousands, of protestors seeking democratic reform. Most of the attendees wore a white tissue flower, a traditional Chinese remembrance of the dead. As…
ID Number:2000.107.036.11.06
Date:1990
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Brock Evans, Mike Lowry, and Jim Whittaker on environmental walk, Seattle, May 3, 1982
Environmental advocate Brock Evans (1937-), Representative Mike Lowry (1939-2017), and mountaineer Jim Whittaker (1929-), left to right, walk the final two miles of a week-long, 87-mile trek from the Alpine Lakes Wilderness Area to Gas Works Park. The walk was sponsored by more than 30 environmental groups to protest oil and gas leasing in wilderness areas. Caption information source: The…
ID Number:2000.107.047.30.01
Date:1982
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Army veterans at meeting to save the Public Health Hospital, Seattle, April 24, 1981
Army veterans August Mac Key (left) and Henry Wallace are "in full support of the cause" to save the Public Health Hospital. They were among about 250 people who showed up to tell two Seattle congressmen, U. S. Representatives Mike Lowry (1939-2017) and Joel Pritchard (1925-1997), that the hospital should stay open. Caption information source: The Seattle Times, April 25,…
ID Number:2000.107.047.31.01
Date:1981
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Perry Watkins speaking at Pride Week rally, Seattle, June 26, 1983
Tacoma native Perry Watkins (1948-1996), a U. S. Army sergeant who fought a legal battle with the military over his homosexuality, speaks at a rally in Freeway Park after about 2,000 gay right supporters marched through downtown Seattle. Caption information source: The Seattle Times, June 27, 1983, page 25Caption information source: http://www.nytimes.com/1996/03/21/nyregion/perry-watkins-48-gay-sergeant-won-court-battle-with-army.htmlCaption information also derived from captions written by Post-Intelligencer…
ID Number:2000.107.047.32.01
Date:1983
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Donovan Cook speaking before a march honoring archbishop of El Salvador, Seattle, March 27, 1983
The Reverend Donovan Cook of University Baptist Church addresses the crowd before an ecumenical march from the church to Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church. The march was held in commemoration of the March 24, 1980 assassination of El Salvador's Archbishop Óscar Arnulfo Romero y Galdámez (1917-1980), and to protest U. S. aid to that nation's government.The church, located at 4554 12th…
ID Number:2000.107.047.32.02
Date:1983
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Demonstrators protesting inquest verdict on Robert Baldwin's death, Seattle, July 12, 1984
On March 27, 1984, Robert Baldwin killed King County Police Officer Michael Raeburn with a sword when he was being served a notice evicting him from a Yesler Terrace apartment. After a 17-hour standoff, the emergency-response team stormed the unit. Baldwin died of 21 bullet wounds in his back. Despite considerable evidence to the contrary, the jury found the police…
ID Number:2000.107.047.32.03
Date:1984
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Maryamu Eltayeb protesting outside Federal Building against US invasion of Grenada, October 26, 1983
In October 1983, the United States invaded the nation of Grenada in the aftermath of a coup there. The invasion immediately provoked opposition in the US, with many demonstrators protesting against what they saw as another Vietnam War. Many who protested against the Grenada invasion were also active in movements to end US military intervention elsewhere, especially El Salvador. This…
ID Number:2000.107.047.32.04
Date:1983