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Central Area NAACP protest, September 7, 1986
Attorney Ross Baker, right, shouts his support for efforts to stop drug trafficking and prostitution in Seattle's Central Area. Baker was one of about 250 people who marched to Judkins Park for a rally sponsored by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). Caption information source: The Seattle Times, September 8, 1986, page B4Caption information also derived…
ID Number:2000.107.047.35.02
Date:1986
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Protestors demonstrating in favor of low income housing, Seattle, October 12, 1988
On October 12, 1988, some 300 demonstrators crowded the steps of the federal courthouse in downtown Seattle to protest the lack of affordable housing. Speakers noted that some 20,000 children were homeless in Washington state. The demonstration was organized by a variety of church and activist groups and took place during a housing conference at the Washington State Convention and…
ID Number:2000.107.047.36.01
Date:1988
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Demonstrators protesting cutting of federal funds to refugees, Seattle, September 26, 1991
This image depicts Refugee Advocacy Action Coalition demonstrators in front of the Jackson Federal Building in downtown Seattle, protesting against the cutting of cash and medical assistance to refugees from 12 months to 8 months. They are joined by Van Dan, left, a refugee from Vietnam, who arrived in the U. S. just three months prior, and speaks very little…
ID Number:2000.107.048.01.01
Date:1991
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Betty Shellman marching in support of health-care reform, Seattle, June 5, 1991
Betty Shellman, a member of the Puget Sound Council of Senior Citizens, joins more than 400 other protesters who convened at the office of King County Medical Blue Shield at 1800 Ninth Avenue as part of a nationwide health action week during which consumer and labor groups called attention to obstacles facing national health-care reform. Caption information source: The Seattle…
ID Number:2000.107.048.01.02
Date:1991
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Peace activists demonstrating outside Sand Point Naval Air Station, Seattle, January 7, 1991
In this photo, Randy Rowland, a Vietnam veteran from Seattle, leads about 50 protesters in anti-war chants during a peace march in front of the Sand Point Naval Air Station. Also at the rally were members of the Warren Davis Defense Committee, a group organized in support of the Seattle Navy reservist awaiting court-martial for desertion. Davis, who had sought…
ID Number:2000.107.048.01.04
Date:1991
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Logger Chad Johnson at logging industry rally, Federal Courthouse, Seattle, May 6, 1991
In 1990, the Northern Spotted Owl was placed on the federal endangered species list, and a plan was needed to protect the species. The owl’s primary habitat was the prime timber of the Pacific Northwest’s shrinking old growth forests. When the U.S. Forest Service proposed selling 66,000 acres of this old growth forest, environmental groups sought an injunction against the…
ID Number:2000.107.048.01.05
Date:1991
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Gulf War protestors on I-5, Seattle, January 15, 1991
After the U.S. bombing of Baghdad in January 1991, Seattle activists called for anti-war demonstrations. Some protestors held a vigil at the Federal Building; others marched northwards to a rally at Westlake. Still others marched onto Interstate 5 where they sat on the highway for a short while, blocking traffic during the early rush hour. This image from the Denny…
ID Number:2000.107.048.02.02
Date:1991
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Thelma Dewitty, September 3, 1947
Thelma Dewitty (1912-1977) joined the faculty of Seattle Public Schools in September 1947, one of the first two Black teachers hired by the district. Dewitty previously taught in Texas for 14 years, but segregationist policies there prevented her from attending graduate school, and she moved to Seattle to study at the University of Washington. Dewitty was hired in 1947 to…
ID Number:2000.107.049.03.01
Date:1947
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Thelma Dewitty, March 22, 1972
Thelma Dewitty (1912-1977) joined the faculty of Seattle Public Schools in September 1947, one of the first two Black teachers hired by the district. Dewitty previously taught in Texas for 14 years, but segregationist policies there prevented her from attending graduate school, and she moved to Seattle to study at the University of Washington. Dewitty was hired in 1947 to…
ID Number:2000.107.049.03.02
Date:1972
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Franklin High School sit-in defendants arriving at court, April 5, 1968
In March of 1968 two Black students, cousins Charles Oliver and Trolice Flavors, where suspended from Seattle's Franklin High School after an altercation with a white student, who was not reprimanded. Franklin's outraged Black students, with the help of UW Black Student Union (BSU) activists Carl Miller, Aaron Dixon, and Larry Gossett, planned a peaceful demonstration at the school to…
ID Number:2000.107.049.31.01
Date:1968