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Hmong refugees waiting for meeting, Seattle, March 27, 1982
The Hmong are a people whose historical homeland is in Southeast Asia and southern China. Hmong people came to Washington as refugees after the Vietnam War and the Laotian Civil War. Many Hmong were recruited by the US to fight in these conflicts and were forced to flee after the North Vietnamese victory in 1975. By 1982, about 8,000 Hmong…
ID Number:2000.107.110.16.01
Date:1982
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Xow Yang at work in Discovery Park, Seattle, 1982
The Hmong are a people whose historical homeland is in Southeast Asia and southern China. Hmong people came to Washington as refugees after the Vietnam War and the Laotian Civil War. Many Hmong were recruited by the US to fight in these conflicts and were forced to flee after the North Vietnamese victory in 1975. By 1982, about 8,000 Hmong…
ID Number:2000.107.110.16.02
Date:1982
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Terri Mast and daughter Kalayaan Domingo, August 5, 1982
Terri Mast is an activist and labor leader from Seattle. She was involved in the antiwar and women’s rights movements, and was an important figure in the Union of Democratic Filipinos (KDP). She helped start the Committee for Justice for Domingo and Viernes (CJDV) and led the International Longshore & Warehouse Union Local 37. As of 2022, Mast is secretary-treasurer…
ID Number:2000.107.119.32.01
Date:1982