222 results for: Religion and Spirituality
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Pastor Samuel McKinney and Maryamu Eltayeb leading prayer at Mount Zion Baptist Church, Seattle, February 11, 1990
On February 11, 1990, Nelson Mandela, leader of the movement to end South African apartheid, was released from a South African prison after 27 years of incarceration. The Mount Zion Baptist Church in Seattle held a celebration of his release that afternoon, and Mayor Norm Rice named the day Nelson Mandela Day in Seattle. In this image Rev. Dr. Samuel…
ID Number:2000.107.169.17.02
Date:1990
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Samuel Spivey at the Bread of Life Mission, Seattle, February 6, 1983
Since 1939, the Bread of Life Mission, located in Seattle's Pioneer Square, has served those needing food and shelter. Here, Samuel Spivey, 55, who regularly eats his meals at the mission, tells his story to a P-I reporter. Caption information source: Breadoflifemission.org.Caption information also derived from captions written by Post-Intelligencer staff and attached to the back of the photograph.
ID Number:2000.107.177.02.01
Date:1983
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Total Experience Gospel Choir praying together at Sea-Tac airport, January 23, 1986
The Total Experience Gospel Choir (1973-2018) was founded and led by Pastor Patrinell Wright and, though based in Seattle, the choir performed and toured extensively around the world. Wright formed a choir at Franklin High School as an alternative activity for African-American students in 1970, but when a school-funding levy failed in 1973, her position was cut and she began…
ID Number:2000.107.213.12.02
Date:1986
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James Washington Jr. sculpture "Oracle of Truth" outside Mount Zion Baptist Church, Seattle, December 8, 1987
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:2000.107.227.21.01
Date:1987
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Participants sing at service honoring Martin Luther King, Jr., Seattle, January 15, 1985
In this image, hundreds of people attending a service in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. join hands as they sing "We Shall Overcome" at Mount Zion Baptist Church in Seattle, on what would have been Dr. King's 56th birthday. Caption information written by Post-Intelligencer staff and attached to the back of the photograph.
ID Number:2000.107.260.01.01
Date:1985
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Congregation at Mount Zion Baptist Church after murder of Alberta Williams King, Seattle, June 30, 1974
Alberta Williams King (1904-1974) was an activist, organist, and the mother of martyred civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929-1968). She organized and led the Ebenezer Women's Committee at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, where her husband and son were pastors, and was active in the NAACP, the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, and the YWCA. On…
ID Number:2000.107.19740630.1.17A
Date:1974
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Joseph Washington chanting at funeral for Kathleen Bishop, Port Townsend, February 16, 1978
Kathleen L. Bishop Turner (1915-1978), a member of the Snohomish Tribe, was active in Native American affairs throughout her life, following in the footsteps of her father, Senator William Bishop, who was the first Native American to serve in the Washington State Legislature. She devoted most of her live to the preservation and promotion of Native American traditions and culture.…
ID Number:2000.107.19780216.1.01
Date:1978
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Mourners placing gifts on bier at funeral for Kathleen Bishop, Port Townsend, February 16, 1978
Kathleen L. Bishop Turner (1915-1978), a member of the Snohomish Tribe, was active in Native American affairs throughout her life, following in the footsteps of her father, Senator William Bishop, who was the first Native American to serve in the Washington State Legislature. She devoted most of her live to the preservation and promotion of Native American traditions and culture.…
ID Number:2000.107.19780216.1.08
Date:1978
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Jack Eagle as "Brother Dominic" blessing Sounders player Derek Smethurst, June 3, 1980
In 1975, comedian Jack Eagle began starring in commercials in the role of Brother Dominic, a medieval monk who uses the "miraculous" power of Xerox machines to quickly produce many copies of handwritten documents. Eagle, who described himself as "the only Jewish father masquerading as a Catholic brother," gained national fame from his continued appearances as Brother Dominic. This image…
ID Number:2000.107.19800603.1.07
Date:1980
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Jack Eagle as "Brother Dominic" blessing the Sounders, June 3, 1980
In 1975, comedian Jack Eagle began starring in commercials in the role of Brother Dominic, a medieval monk who uses the "miraculous" power of Xerox machines to quickly produce many copies of handwritten documents. Eagle, who described himself as "the only Jewish father masquerading as a Catholic brother," gained national fame from his continued appearances as Brother Dominic. This image…
ID Number:2000.107.19800603.1.16
Date:1980