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Image of Dorothy Hollingsworth in Model Cities office, Seattle, August 1972
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Dorothy Hollingsworth in Model Cities office, Seattle, August 1972

Dorothy Hollingsworth (1920-2022) was a civic leader and lifelong advocate for education, particularly for children of color, in Seattle. She was the first African American woman to manage a major city agency when she served as director of the Seattle School District Head Start Program from 1965-1969, and the first Black women to serve on a school board in Washington…
ID Number:2000.107.090.30.01
Date:1972
Image of Dorothy Hollingsworth speaking at Seattle School Board meeting, January 1980
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Dorothy Hollingsworth speaking at Seattle School Board meeting, January 1980

Dorothy Hollingsworth (1920-2022) was a civic leader and lifelong advocate for education, particularly for children of color, in Seattle. She was the first African American woman to manage a major city agency when she served as director of the Seattle School District Head Start Program from 1965-1969, and the first Black women to serve on a school board in Washington…
ID Number:2000.107.090.30.02
Date:1977
Image of Dorothy Hollingsworth speaking at Seattle School Board meeting, January 1980
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Dorothy Hollingsworth speaking at Seattle School Board meeting, January 1980

Dorothy Hollingsworth (1920-2022) was a civic leader and lifelong advocate for education, particularly for children of color, in Seattle. She was the first African American woman to manage a major city agency when she served as director of the Seattle School District Head Start Program from 1965-1969, and the first Black women to serve on a school board in Washington…
ID Number:2000.107.090.30.03
Date:1980
Image of Dorothy Hollingsworth sitting in her office, Seattle, March 1986
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Dorothy Hollingsworth sitting in her office, Seattle, March 1986

Dorothy Hollingsworth (1920-2022) was a civic leader and lifelong advocate for education, particularly for children of color, in Seattle. She was the first African American woman to manage a major city agency when she served as director of the Seattle School District Head Start Program from 1965-1969, and the first Black women to serve on a school board in Washington…
ID Number:2000.107.090.30.04
Date:1986
Image of Jean Halliday sitting outside federal courthouse, Seattle, April 6, 1970
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Jean Halliday sitting outside federal courthouse, Seattle, April 6, 1970

Fort Lawton was a United States Army post located in the Magnolia neighborhood of Seattle, overlooking Puget Sound. In 1968 the site was rejected for proposed defense upgrades, and the Army began downsizing the property. In 1970 the United Indians of All Tribes Foundation (UIATF) presented a claim to all lands that might be declared surplus by the Army. Led…
ID Number:2000.107.095.26.01
Date:1970
Image of Semu and Mad Bear in courthouse, Olympia, November 28, 1966
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Semu and Mad Bear in courthouse, Olympia, November 28, 1966

Richard Claxton "Dick" Gregory (1932-2017) was an American comedian and civil rights activist who helped call attention to Washington State laws restricting Native American rights. The "fish wars" as they were known at the time, led to the Boldt Decision, a federal ruling guaranteeing Washington tribes half the state's salmon and steelhead trout catch.In this image Mad Bear, right, an…
ID Number:2000.107.095.30.01
Date:1966
Image of Dick Gregory on Nisqually River, March 1, 1966
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Dick Gregory on Nisqually River, March 1, 1966

Richard Claxton "Dick" Gregory (1932-2017) was an American comedian and civil rights activist who helped call attention to Washington State laws restricting Native American rights. The "fish wars" as they were known at the time, led to the Boldt Decision, a federal ruling guaranteeing Washington tribes half the state's salmon and steelhead trout catch.In this image Dick Gregory, foreground, sits…
ID Number:2000.107.095.30.02
Date:1966
Image of BSU member Billy Jackson addressing SDS rally at UW, April 4, 1969
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BSU member Billy Jackson addressing SDS rally at UW, April 4, 1969

This photo shows Billy Jackson, a member of the University of Washington Black Student Union, addressing a Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) fund raising rally in the UW HUB ballroom. Jackson was also Captain of Information for the Seattle chapter of the Black Panther Party. Caption information derived from captions written by Post-Intelligencer staff and attached to the back…
ID Number:2000.107.097.02.01
Date:1969
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Young women looking at photos at "Pride and Shame" exhibit, Seattle, July 19, 1970

In the summer of 1970, the Seattle Japanese American Citizens League (JACL) organized an exhibit titled "Pride and Shame" that chronicled the experience of Japanese and Japanese Americans in the Pacific Northwest from the late 1880s to 1970. First shown at the Museum of History & Industy (MOHAI), the exhibit was in part a community celebration, with displays about Japanese…
ID Number:2000.107.098.18.04
Date:1970
Image of Kichisaburo Ishimitsu and friends at redress ceremony, Seattle, October 14, 1990
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Kichisaburo Ishimitsu and friends at redress ceremony, Seattle, October 14, 1990

The Japanese American Redress Movement refers to the efforts, from the 1940s through the 1990s, to obtain the restitution of civil rights, monetary compensation, and an apology from the U.S. government for the forced removal and incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II. Japanese Americans protested their mass incarceration with defiance and protests while living at the camps, and…
ID Number:2000.107.098.20.02
Date:1990
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