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Image of Roberto Maestas, Larry Gossett and others celebrating in restaurant , Seattle, December 26, 1972
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Roberto Maestas, Larry Gossett and others celebrating in restaurant , Seattle, December 26, 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:2000.107.117.04.01
Date:1972
Image of Roberto Maestas being escorted out of mayor's office, Seattle, April 5, 1973
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Roberto Maestas being escorted out of mayor's office, Seattle, April 5, 1973

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:2000.107.117.04.02
Date:1973
Image of Roberto Maestas speaking to city council members, Seattle, June 11, 1974
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Roberto Maestas speaking to city council members, Seattle, June 11, 1974

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:2000.107.117.04.03
Date:1974
Image of Roberto Maestas working in garden at his home, Seattle, July 22, 1984
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Roberto Maestas working in garden at his home, Seattle, July 22, 1984

Roberto Felipe Maestas (1938-2010) was a Mexican American activist in Seattle. Maestas became involved in UW civil-rights and antiwar demonstrations in the late 1960s-early 1970s and was a fierce advocate for Chicano and other minority concerns. He led the occupation of the old Beacon Hill School in 1972, leading to the founding of the Chicano community center El Centro de…
ID Number:2000.107.117.04.04
Date:1984
Image of Roberto Maestas with children at El Centro de la Raza, Seattle, October 22, 1987
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Roberto Maestas with children at El Centro de la Raza, Seattle, October 22, 1987

Roberto Felipe Maestas (1938-2010) was a Mexican American activist in Seattle. Maestas became involved in UW civil-rights and antiwar demonstrations in the late 1960s-early 1970s and was a fierce advocate for Chicano and other minority concerns. He led the occupation of the old Beacon Hill School in 1972, leading to the founding of the Chicano community center El Centro de…
ID Number:2000.107.117.04.05
Date:1987
Image of Roberto Maestas at a City Council hearing, Seattle, November 10, 1972
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Roberto Maestas at a City Council hearing, Seattle, November 10, 1972

Roberto Felipe Maestas (1938-2010) was a Mexican American activist in Seattle. Maestas became involved in UW civil-rights and antiwar demonstrations in the late 1960s-early 1970s and was a fierce advocate for Chicano and other minority concerns. He led the occupation of the old Beacon Hill School in 1972, leading to the founding of the Chicano community center El Centro de…
ID Number:2000.107.117.04.06
Date:1972
Image of Roberto Maestas and Estela Ortega being married at Beacon Hill School, December 1972
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Roberto Maestas and Estela Ortega being married at Beacon Hill School, December 1972

Roberto Felipe Maestas (1938-2010) was a Mexican American activist in Seattle. He became involved in civil rights and antiwar protests in the late 1960s and in 1972 he led the occupation of the old Beacon Hill School, leading to the founding of the Chicano community center El Centro de la Raza, which Maestas led until 2009. Estela Ortega (b. 1950)…
ID Number:2000.107.117.04.07
Date:1972
Image of The Main Attraction performing at the Northwest Music Awards Show, Seattle, March 22, 1992
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The Main Attraction performing at the Northwest Music Awards Show, Seattle, March 22, 1992

The Seattle a cappella quartet The Main Attraction was formed in 1981 when singer Tony Graves called Antowaine Richardson and Lee Conerly to start a singing group; Ronnie Rowland soon joined them. Using the name of Graves' previous, disbanded group, The Main Attraction started out signing on street corners and in local bars, but soon began singing on bigger stages,…
ID Number:2000.107.117.23.01
Date:1992
Image of Portrait of Rickie Malone, Seattle, August 9, 1975
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Portrait of Rickie Malone, Seattle, August 9, 1975

Rickie Malone has been teaching and advocating for children in Seattle Public Schools since the 1970s. Graduating from Seattle Central Community College (now Seattle Central College), Malone first taught second and third graders at Colman Elementary School, then taught fourth and fifth grade at the African American Academy when it opened in 1991. She retired as the Academy's principal in…
ID Number:2000.107.117.34.01
Date:1975
Image of Rickie Malone teaching at African American Academy, Seattle, September 5, 1991
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Rickie Malone teaching at African American Academy, Seattle, September 5, 1991

Rickie Malone has been teaching and advocating for children in Seattle Public Schools since the 1970s. Graduating from Seattle Central Community College (now Seattle Central College), Malone first taught 2nd and 3rd graders at Colman Elementary School, then taught 4th and 5th grade at the African American Academy when it opened in 1991. She retired as the Academy's principal in…
ID Number:2000.107.117.34.02
Date:1991
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