357 results for: Discrimination
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Flo Ware speaking to Governor Dan Evans, April 7, 1972
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:2000.107.222.08.02
Date:1972
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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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Flo Ware, August 1976
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:2000.107.222.08.05
Date:1975
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Roberta Byrd Barr with Face to Face panel, February 2, 1966
Roberta Byrd Barr (1919-1993) was a civil rights leader, educator, and journalist. Born in Tacoma, Barr returned to Seattle in 1959, attending University of Washington and working as a teacher at Jefferson Elementary School, and then as librarian at John Muir Elementary. When Seattle teachers and parents boycotted the city’s public schools and demanded desegregation in 1966, Barr headed the…
ID Number:2000.107.243.01.01
Date:1966
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Protesters blocking I-5 after Rodney King verdict, Seattle, May 1, 1992
In this image, Washington State Patrol troopers meet protesters blocking the northbound lanes of Interstate 5, just north of downtown Seattle. About 200 peaceful demonstrators blocked traffic for two hours to protest the acquittal of four white Los Angeles Police Department officers charged with using excessive force in the March 3, 1991 arrest of African-American taxi driver Rodney King (1965-2012).…
ID Number:2000.107.246.04.03
Date:1992
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Black community leaders at press conference about Seattle Schools, January 31, 1991
On January 31, 1991, several leaders of Seattle's African-American community held a press conference at Mount Zion Baptist Church, calling for the resignation of Seattle School Superintendent William Kendrick, and a rejection of his school reorganization plan, which they viewed as insensitive to children of color.This image shows the six community leaders seated at a table during the press conference.…
ID Number:2000.107.247.05.02
Date:1991
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Tyree Scott being arrested at UCWA protest at Seattle Central Community College, June 7, 1972
A 1970 federal court order established minority hiring percentages for construction unions. Two years later, the United Construction Workers Association (UCWA), a minority group, protested Seattle’s ongoing non-compliance with the order. In early June, they closed down a number of construction sites around Seattle. Despite a temporary restraining order from the King County Superior Court, UCWA members gathered on June…
ID Number:2000.107.19720608.2.36
Date:1972
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Panel at a quarterly meeting of NOW board members, Seattle, October 9, 1972
In October 1972, board members of the National Organization of Women (NOW) held a three-day quarterly meeting in Seattle. At the end, they called a press conference to voice dissatisfactions and to present priorities for upcoming months. Aileen Hernandez, NOW’s immediate past president, stated their observation that the current emphasis on law and order didn't’t seem to include the enforcement…
ID Number:2000.107.19721004.1.28
Date:1972
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Alfred E. Cowles at his desk, Seattle, March 30, 1973
Alfred E. Cowles was appointed to the Seattle School Board in May 1969 representing a new district covering the Central Area. Later that year he was elected to keep his seat, becoming the first Black man elected to the Board. He served on the Board until 1973, when he moved to Washington, D.C. to lead the Center for Dispute Settlement,…
ID Number:2000.107.19730330.1.14
Date:1973
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Central Area residents painting a red line down the middle of Roy Street to protest red-lining bank policies, August 17, 1975
In the mid-20th century, protesters began challenging long-established inequitable practices in housing. Racially restrictive housing covenants and discriminatory lending (“redlining”) excluded people of color from buying or renting housing in most of Seattle’s neighborhoods. Seattle passed an open housing law in 1968, making redlining illegal, but it often continued in secret and its effects have continued for decades. This photo,…
ID Number:2000.107.19750817.2.21A
Date:1975