513 results for: Protests and Demonstrations
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Anti-apartheid demonstrators protesting at South African consulate, Seattle, December 25, 1984
In this image, Jewish demonstrators carry signs written in English and Hebrew at the South African consulate in Madison Park. The group picketed the consulate on Christmas day to allow the Christian groups who regularly held demonstrations there to stay home to celebrate Christmas. The anti-Apartheid protesters demanded the release of all political prisoners, the shutting down of the consulate…
ID Number:2000.107.047.33.01
Date:1984
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Anti-apartheid demonstrators protesting at South African consulate, Seattle, January 23, 1985
Beginning in October 1984, a series of demonstrations were held outside the home of the honorary South African consul in Madison Park to protest the South African government's polices of racial segregation known as apartheid. Though the protest shown here was orderly and non-violent, police arrested 58 of the approximately 1,000 demonstrators on criminal trespass charges. Caption information source: The…
ID Number:2000.107.047.33.02
Date:1985
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Demonstrators protesting outside the home of the honorary South African consul, Seattle, March 10, 1985
When South Africa’s National Party came to power in 1948, the white leadership put extreme laws in place forcing the country’s racial groups to live and develop separately. These “apartheid” laws caused much hardship and resentment. The growth of the Civil Rights Movement in the United States in the 1950s brought attention to apartheid, and in the 1970s and 80s,…
ID Number:2000.107.047.33.03
Date:1985
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Police and supporters of the anti-apartheid movement, Seattle, January 20, 1985
When South Africa’s National Party came to power in 1948, the white leadership put extreme laws in place forcing the country’s racial groups to live and develop separately. These “apartheid” laws caused much hardship and resentment. The growth of the Civil Rights Movement in the United States in the 1950s brought attention to apartheid, and in the 1970s and 80s,…
ID Number:2000.107.047.33.04
Date:1985
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Protest outside the South African consulate, Seattle, December 8, 1984
When South Africa’s National Party came to power in 1948, the white leadership put extreme laws in place forcing the country’s racial groups to live and develop separately. These “apartheid” laws caused much hardship and resentment. The growth of the Civil Rights Movement in the United States in the 1950s brought attention to apartheid, and in the 1970s and 80s,…
ID Number:2000.107.047.33.05
Date:1984
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Police escorting minority leaders from South African consulate, Seattle, February 3, 1985
Beginning in October 1984, a series of demonstrations were held outside the home of the honorary South African consul in Madison Park to protest the South African government's polices of racial segregation known as apartheid.In February 1985, ten Seattle minority organization leaders climbed the stairs to the consulate and tried unsuccessfully to meet with the consul. They were arrested when…
ID Number:2000.107.047.33.06
Date:1985
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Vedke Scott protesting proposed youth curfew, Seattle, July 31, 1986
In February 1986, the Washington State House of Representatives passed HB1498, which would make it illegal for youths 15 and younger to be on the street between midnight and 5 AM. Partly a reaction against all-night youth dance clubs, the bill failed to pass the Senate, and the controversial proposal, backed by Seattle City Attorney Doug Jewett and Mayor Charles…
ID Number:2000.107.047.34.01
Date:1986
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Low-income housing advocate protesting at McKay Apartments, Seattle, July 1, 1989
In this image Ben Factory leans out of a window at the McKay Apartments, on the corner of Seventh Avenue and Pike Street. A group known as "Operation Homestead" sponsored the occupation of the building, closed by the state in 1987, to protest the steady decline of low-income housing in downtown Seattle. An unidentified police officer stands on the street…
ID Number:2000.107.047.35.01
Date:1989
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Protestors demonstrating in favor of low income housing, Seattle, October 12, 1988
On October 12, 1988, some 300 demonstrators crowded the steps of the federal courthouse in downtown Seattle to protest the lack of affordable housing. Speakers noted that some 20,000 children were homeless in Washington state. The demonstration was organized by a variety of church and activist groups and took place during a housing conference at the Washington State Convention and…
ID Number:2000.107.047.36.01
Date:1988
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Demonstrators protesting cutting of federal funds to refugees, Seattle, September 26, 1991
This image depicts Refugee Advocacy Action Coalition demonstrators in front of the Jackson Federal Building in downtown Seattle, protesting against the cutting of cash and medical assistance to refugees from 12 months to 8 months. They are joined by Van Dan, left, a refugee from Vietnam, who arrived in the U. S. just three months prior, and speaks very little…
ID Number:2000.107.048.01.01
Date:1991