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Women's Fight for the Equal Rights Amendment flier, November 1976
The Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) would have amended the US Constitution to guarantee equal rights under the law regardless of sex. It was passed by both houses of Congress in 1972 but was not ratified by enough states before the deadline set by Congress. As a result, it was not added to the Constitution, but it has been reintroduced in…
ID Number:2002.23.3.68.1
Date:1976
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International Day of Solidarity with Native American Political Prisoners flier, Seattle, February 10, 1978
This poster advertises an "International Day of Solidarity with Native American Political Prisoners" in Seattle, with a march from the Federal Courthouse at 5th and Spring to a rally at the First Methodist Church at 5th and Marion. The rally included speeches by Native activists including Yvonne Wanrow, a member of the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation known for…
ID Number:2002.23.3.106.1
Date:1978
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ERA march and rally poster, Seattle, August 23, 1980
The Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) was introduced in the U. S. Congress for the first time in 1923 and has prompted conversations about the meaning of equality for women and men ever since. With the rise of the women's movement in the 1960s, the ERA garnered increasing support, was reintroduced to Congress in 1972, and was submitted to the state…
ID Number:2002.23.4.24.1
Date:1980
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Free South Africa! poster, 1980
This poster describes a week of anti-apartheid events in Seattle running from October 19 to October 25, 1980. The events described include a performance of Black South African music, dance, and poetry, a documentary about the South African government’s nuclear program, a panel discussion about the role of churches in fighting apartheid, a talk by exiled Black South African journalist…
ID Number:2002.23.4.25.1
Date:1980
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Poster on proposed site for African-American heritage museum, Seattle, 1985
In 1985, several activists occupied the abandoned Colman School in the Central Area, the proposed site for an African American museum, to claim the site and prevent its demolition. They occupied the building for 8 years, until 1993, when the non-profit African American Heritage Museum and Cultural Center was formed to oversee the museum project. The Northwest African American Museum…
ID Number:2002.23.4.69.1
Date:1985
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Lesbian and Gay Democrats of Greater Seattle newsletter, January 1986
This 1986 newsletter of the Lesbian and Gay Democrats of Seattle includes an announcement of their January 13 meeting at the Off Ramp Cafe, featuring newly-elected King County Councilman Ron Sims discussing the new King County Fair Employment Ordinance. The newsletter also includes notes of thanks to various individuals, from organization President Don Moreland, for their support of lesbian and…
ID Number:2002.23.7.58.1
Date:1/1986
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Solidarity with South African and Native American Political Prisoners poster, 1986
This flier advertises a forum in support of freedom for Nelson Mandela and Leonard Peltier. Mandela was imprisoned from 1962 to 1990 for his opposition to South Africa’s apartheid regime; in 1994, he was elected president in South Africa’s first post-apartheid election. Peltier is an activist in the American Indian Movement who has been imprisoned since 1977 for the murder…
ID Number:2002.23.8.1.2
Date:1986
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Ruby Chow County Council swearing in, Seattle, January 14, 1974
Ruby Chow (1920-2008) was a Chinese-American activist and restaurateur who was active in the community for over 50 years. She was born in Seattle and grew up in what was then Chinatown (now Chinatown - International District). In 1948, Ruby and her husband Ping opened Ruby Chow’s Restaurant, which quickly became popular, especially with celebrities and dignitaries. Chow became the…
ID Number:2002.46.881.9
Date:1974
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Henry Jackson throwing ceremonial pitch at first Mariners game, April 6, 1977
The Mariners were Seattle’s second Major League Baseball team, after the Seattle Pilots played one season in 1969 before moving to Milwaukee and becoming the Brewers. Slade Gorton, Washington’s Attorney General, sued the American League for breaking a lease and failing to fulfill its promise to field a baseball team in Seattle. The suit was settled with a deal –…
ID Number:2002.46.2311.10
Date:1977
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Bob Stinson and Danny Kaye shaking hands at first Mariners game, April 6, 1977
The Mariners were Seattle’s second Major League Baseball team, after the Seattle Pilots played one season in 1969 before moving to Milwaukee and becoming the Brewers. Slade Gorton, Washington’s Attorney General, sued the American League for breaking a lease and failing to fulfill its promise to field a baseball team in Seattle. The suit was settled with a deal –…
ID Number:2002.46.2311.15
Date:1977