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Image of Ethel Mitchell announcing the formation of the Black Alliance of Educators, Seattle, March 4, 1972
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Ethel Mitchell announcing the formation of the Black Alliance of Educators, Seattle, March 4, 1972

In the 1960s, after decades of discrimination in housing had created an increasingly segregated school system in Seattle, civil rights activists wanted the School Board to promote integration and, with it, intercultural empathy and understanding. After various attempts to promote voluntary integration, and faced with the threat of legal action from advocates of integration, in 1972 the School District launched…
ID Number:2000.107.185.38.01
Date:1972
Image of Black students arriving by bus at Wilson Middle School, Seattle, September 6, 1972
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Black students arriving by bus at Wilson Middle School, Seattle, September 6, 1972

In the 1960s, after decades of discrimination in housing had created an increasingly segregated school system in Seattle, civil rights activists wanted the School Board to promote integration and, with it, intercultural empathy and understanding. After various attempts to promote voluntary integration, and faced with the threat of legal action from advocates of integration, in 1972 the School District launched…
ID Number:2000.107.185.38.02
Date:1972
Image of Garfield students picketing at Seattle Public School's Administrative and Service Center, May 28, 1976
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Garfield students picketing at Seattle Public School's Administrative and Service Center, May 28, 1976

In this image taken outside the Seattle School District's Administrative and Service Center, students from Garfield High School protest minority staff transfers planned to comply with federal regulations on equal minority staffing throughout the district. The protest was part of a boycott of Central Area schools, which emptied classrooms in the area's 13 schools. Caption information source: The Seattle Times,…
ID Number:2000.107.186.01.01
Date:1976
Image of Students at the African American Academy, Seattle, 1991
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Students at the African American Academy, Seattle, 1991

In hopes of improving the academic achievement of minority students, and following years of pressure from parents, the Seattle School Board approved the opening of the African American Academy in January 1991. The Afro-centric program opened at Colman School with grades K through 5. In September 2000, after several moves, the Academy occupied a new facility designed for grades K-8.…
ID Number:2000.107.186.03.01
Date:1991
Image of Kennedy Franklin, a student at the African American Academy, Seattle, February 26, 1993
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Kennedy Franklin, a student at the African American Academy, Seattle, February 26, 1993

In hopes of improving the academic achievement of minority students, and following years of pressure from parents, the Seattle School Board approved the opening of the African American Academy in January 1991. The Afro-centric program opened at Colman School with grades K through 5. In 1993, parents complained about the school’s instability and lack of resources.In September 2000, after several…
ID Number:2000.107.186.03.02
Date:1993
Image of Anna Stanton, student at African American Academy, Seattle, 1993
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Anna Stanton, student at African American Academy, Seattle, 1993

In hopes of improving the academic achievement of minority students, and following years of pressure from parents, the Seattle School Board approved the opening of the African American Academy in January 1991. The Afro-centric program opened at Colman School with grades K through 5. In 1993, parents complained about the school’s instability and lack of resources.In September 2000, after several…
ID Number:2000.107.186.03.03
Date:1993
Image of Blaine School students in costume viewing Catharine Blaine plaque, Seattle, January 12, 1954
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Blaine School students in costume viewing Catharine Blaine plaque, Seattle, January 12, 1954

In 1853, Catharine (Paine) Blaine (1829-1908) and her husband, Reverend David E. Blaine (1824-1900), arrived in Seattle from Seneca Falls, New York. The Blaines were Methodist missionaries and David founded Seattle's first church, called the Little White Church. Catharine became Seattle's first teacher and school administrator when she was hired to teach children in a "select," or private, school located…
ID Number:2000.107.186.07.01
Date:1954
Image of Blaine School students exiting at end of day, Seattle, October 14, 1952
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Blaine School students exiting at end of day, Seattle, October 14, 1952

In 1853, Catharine (Paine) Blaine (1829-1908) and her husband, Reverend David E. Blaine (1824-1900), arrived in Seattle from Seneca Falls, New York. The Blaines were Methodist missionaries and David founded Seattle's first church, called the Little White Church. Catharine became Seattle's first teacher and school administrator when she was hired to teach children in a "select," or private, school located…
ID Number:2000.107.186.07.03
Date:1952
Image of Student Eddie Releford in Cleveland High School's radio/television studio, Seattle, November 25, 1979
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Student Eddie Releford in Cleveland High School's radio/television studio, Seattle, November 25, 1979

In the late 1970s, community and Seattle School District planners worked on a 1990 building plan to be adopted the following year. Faced with shrinking enrollments and the need to desegregate, they recommended that a number of schools, including Cleveland High School, on Seattle’s Beacon Hill, be shut down and teachers and students be moved to other schools. Cleveland students…
ID Number:2000.107.186.14.01
Date:1979
Image of Students sitting in classroom at First Place, Seattle, May 30, 1991
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Students sitting in classroom at First Place, Seattle, May 30, 1991

In this image Gioconda, 10, and her brother Edgar, 11, rehearse a spelling test at First Place, a nonprofit educational program for homeless children, while their classmate on the right appears to be thinking more about the swimming trip scheduled to follow the spelling test. When First Place opened in 1989, it was Seattle's sole confidential educational program for homeless…
ID Number:2000.107.186.24.01
Date:1991
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