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Charles Johnson in his UW English Department office, Seattle, November 13, 1990
Charles Richard Johnson (b. 1948) was born in 1948 in Evanston, Illinois. He first came to prominence in the 1960s as a political cartoonist and illustrator.Johnson received a B.S. in journalism in 1971, an M.A. in philosophy in 1973, and a Ph.D. in philosophy in 1988. As a novelist, Johnson stated that his goal was to contribute to and enrich…
ID Number:2000.107.099.31.02
Date:1990
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Charles Johnson speaking about new book, "Middle Passage," Seattle, November 13, 1990
Charles Richard Johnson (b. 1948) was born in 1948 in Evanston, Illinois. He first came to prominence in the 1960s as a political cartoonist and illustrator. Johnson received a B.S. in journalism in 1971, an M.A. in philosophy in 1973, and a Ph.D. in philosophy in 1988. As a novelist, Johnson stated that his goal was to contribute to and…
ID Number:2000.107.099.31.03
Date:1990
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Rex Jones teaching management trainees, Seattle, August 16, 1967
The Seattle Opportunities Industrialization Center, or SOIC (pronounced "So I see") was established in 1966, largely through a grant from the Office of Economic Opportunity, the federal agency funding "war on poverty" programs. Modeled after the original OIC started by a Philadelphia minister two years earlier, the community-based program recruited, trained and placed unemployed people in the labor market. The…
ID Number:2000.107.101.12.01
Date:1967
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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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Benjamin McAdoo working in his architectural offices, Seattle, 1981
Benjamin McAdoo (1920-1981) was the first Black architect to be licensed and establish a practice in Washington state. Born in Pasadena, McAdoo studied architecture at the University of Southern California before transferring to the University of Washington (UW) in Seattle. Graduating in 1946, he was the first Black person to receive an architecture degree from UW. McAdoo launched his new…
ID Number:2000.107.120.27.01
Date:1981
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Benjamin McAdoo in his living room, Seattle, 1981
Benjamin McAdoo (1920-1981) was the first Black architect to be licensed and establish a practice in Washington state. Born in Pasadena, McAdoo studied architecture at the University of Southern California before transferring to the University of Washington (UW) in Seattle. Graduating in 1946, he was the first Black person to receive an architecture degree from UW. McAdoo launched his new…
ID Number:2000.107.120.27.02
Date:1981
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Benjamin McAdoo's mixed-use home and office building, Seattle, May 1981
Benjamin McAdoo (1920-1981) was the first Black architect to be licensed and establish a practice in Washington state. Born in Pasadena, McAdoo studied architecture at the University of Southern California before transferring to the University of Washington (UW) in Seattle. Graduating in 1946, he was the first Black person to receive an architecture degree from UW. McAdoo launched his new…
ID Number:2000.107.120.27.03
Date:1981
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Men at Nisei Veteran's Committee Memorial Day service, May 30, 1953
The Nisei War Memorial Monument at Lake View Cemetery in Seattle was erected in 1949, funded by many small donations raised in a massive door-to-door campaign in the Puget Sound region. The 21-foot-high column lists the names of 47 Japanese American soldiers from Seattle who were killed during World War II. Later, the names of nine Seattle-area service members of…
ID Number:2000.107.124.07.01
Date:1953
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Rev. Dr. John H. Adams with Freedom Patrol members at CORE headquarters, Seattle, July 24, 1965
On July 24, 1965, police on the night beat in five Seattle areas began to be trailed by shadows--civilian teams of two wearing large cardboard badges labeled "Freedom Patrol." The immediate provocation that led to the formation of the Freedom Patrol was the fatal shooting of a Black man, Robert L. Reese, by off-duty Seattle policeman Harold J. Larsen in…
ID Number:2000.107.131.21.01
Date:1965
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Freedom Patrol members leaving CORE headquarters, Seattle, July 24, 1965
On July 24, 1965, police on the night beat in five Seattle areas began to be trailed by shadows--civilian teams of two wearing large cardboard badges labeled "Freedom Patrol." The immediate provocation that led to the formation of the Freedom Patrol was the fatal shooting of a Black man, Robert L. Reese, by off-duty Seattle policeman Harold J. Larsen in…
ID Number:2000.107.131.21.21
Date:1965