25 results for: Black Pages Seattle
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Ruby Chow float in the Seafair Parade, August 5, 1952
Seattle’s 1952 Seafair celebrated the Centennial of the city’s founding. The many events included five parades in different parts of the city. The International Parade, on August 5, took place downtown, on Fourth Avenue and headed south into the Chinatown - International District. This photo, taken from the west side of Fourth Avenue, shows the Ruby Chow float in the…
ID Number:2014.49.11.01.109
Date:1952
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Larry Gossett entering police van at protest at the South African consulate, Seattle, December 9, 1984
Beginning in October 1984, demonstrations were held outside the home of the honorary South African consul in Seattle’s Madison Park neighborhood to protest the South African government's polices of racial segregation known as apartheid. In this image, Seattle civil-rights activist and community organizer Larry Gossett, wrists zip tied, steps into a police van. He and 22 others were arrested for…
ID Number:2014.49.033.057.03
Date:1984
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Oral history interview with Jacqueline "Jackie" Lawson, August 15, 2015 and March 15, 2017
This interview with Jacqueline "Jackie" E.A. Lawson (1928-2021) was conducted by Al "Butch" Smith Jr. for the Al Smith: Seattle on the Spot Oral History Project and jointly created with the Black Heritage Society of Washington State. Lawson was the past President of the Black Heritage Society of Washington State at the time of her interview, and she talks about…
ID Number:2018.104.3
Date:2015
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Oral history interview with Delores L. Davis, February 13, 2017
Interview with Delores Davis was conducted by Howard Giske and Chris Jones for the Al Smith: Seattle on the Spot Oral History Project on February 13, 2017. Davis graduated from Seattle University in 1951 and worked as a social worker at Catholic Children Services and University Hospital, and later as an author. She received the 2020 Community Service Award, an…
ID Number:2018.104.4
Date:2017
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Oral history interview with Phyllis Ratcliff-Beaumonte, June 10, 2002
Interview with Rev. Phyllis Ratcliff-Beaumonte conducted about Seattle's African-American community by Audrey Scales for the Speaking of Seattle Oral History Project on June 10, 2002. She is the past president of the Black Heritage Society of Seattle and Seattle Church Women United and served on the executive committee board of the Seattle branch of the NAACP. Topics discussed include her…
ID Number:2019.35.1.5
Date:2002
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Oral history interview with Larry Gossett, April 11, 2002
Larry Gossett (1945-) was born and raised in Seattle, and by the late 1960s was one of Seattle's best known young Black radicals. In 1967 he was active in Seattle's Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), and in 1968 he co-founded the University of Washington Black Student Union (UW BSU). Larry Gossett served as a member of the King County Council…
ID Number:2019.35.1.28
Date:2002
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Oral history interview with Billy Anders, August 6, 2002
Interview with Billy Anders conducted by Jessah Foulk for the Speaking of Seattle: Information Technology Oral History Project, 6 August 2002. Anders was a senior consultant at Microsoft at the time of the interview. As of 2019, he has worked at Microsoft for 22 years, and the interview includes a significant discussion about Black employees at Microsoft and diversity at…
ID Number:2019.35.6.1
Date:2002
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Oral history interview with Adam Edwards, July 22, 2002
Interview with Adam Edwards conducted by Jessah Foulk for the Speaking of Seattle: Information Technology Oral History Project on July 22, 2002. Edwards was a Development Lead at Microsoft at the time of this interview. As of 2019, he is an Engineering Manager at Microsoft. The interview includes a discussion of being a Black tech worker, Blacks workers at Microsoft,…
ID Number:2019.35.6.5
Date:2002
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Oral history interview with Trish Millines-Dziko, August 8, 2002
Interview with Trish Millines-Dziko, the co-founder and Executive Director of the Technology Access Foundation, conducted by Jessah Foulk for the Speaking of Seattle: Information Technology Oral History Project on August 8, 2002. In 1988 she became an early employee at Microsoft, where she became active in promoting awareness of diversity in the corporate world.
ID Number:2019.35.6.11
Date:2002
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Oral history interview with Rev. Samuel Berry McKinney, April 21, 2010
Interview with Rev. Samuel Berry McKinney conducted by Marsha King at KCTS Studios in Seattle for the Experienced Leaders Oral History Project in April 2010. Rev. McKinney was a Baptist minister, author, and civil rights advocate. He served as the pastor of Mount Zion Baptist Church, one of the largest and oldest Black churches in the Pacific Northwest from 1958…
ID Number:2019.35.16.11
Date:2010