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Image of Portrait of Aaron Dixon, Seattle, September 1, 1988
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Portrait of Aaron Dixon, Seattle, September 1, 1988

Aaron Dixon was born in Chicago, and grew up in Seattle's Central District. His father worked at Boeing, and both parents taught Aaron and his brothers the importance of fighting for social justice. As a college student at the University of Washington, Dixon played a key role in the formation of the Black Student Union (BSU) and the Seattle Chapter…
ID Number:2000.107.049.31.02
Date:1988
Image of Elmer Dixon, Seattle, 1979
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Elmer Dixon, Seattle, 1979

Elmer Dixon (b. 1950) is a longtime Seattle activist for racial justice and was one of the founders of Seattle’s chapter of the Black Panther Party (BPP). The Seattle chapter was founded in the spring of 1968, after Elmer and his brother Aaron Dixon, Anthony Ware, Garry Owens, and several other future Panthers attended a memorial service in San Francisco…
ID Number:2000.107.049.32.02
Date:1979
Image of Elmer Dixon, Seattle, 1979
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Elmer Dixon, Seattle, 1979

Elmer Dixon (b. 1950) is a longtime Seattle activist for racial justice and was one of the founders of Seattle’s chapter of the Black Panther Party (BPP). The Seattle chapter was founded in the spring of 1968, after Elmer and his brother Aaron Dixon, Anthony Ware, Garry Owens and several other future Panthers attended a memorial service in San Francisco…
ID Number:2000.107.049.32.03
Date:1979
Image of Elmer Dixon, Seattle, 1968
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Elmer Dixon, Seattle, 1968

Elmer Dixon (b. 1950) is a longtime Seattle activist for racial justice and was one of the founders of Seattle’s chapter of the Black Panther Party (BPP). The Seattle chapter was founded in the spring of 1968, after Elmer and his brother Aaron Dixon, Anthony Ware, Garry Owens, and several other future Panthers attended a memorial service in San Francisco…
ID Number:2000.107.049.32.09
Date:1968
Image of Elmer Dixon speaking against Youth Patrol proposal, Seattle, March 1, 1968
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Elmer Dixon speaking against Youth Patrol proposal, Seattle, March 1, 1968

Elmer Dixon (b. 1950) is a longtime Seattle activist for racial justice and was one of the founders of Seattle’s chapter of the Black Panther Party (BPP). The Seattle chapter was founded in the spring of 1968, after Elmer and his brother Aaron Dixon, Anthony Ware, Garry Owens, and several other future Panthers attended a memorial service in San Francisco…
ID Number:2000.107.049.32.10
Date:1968
Image of Ann Dulien wearing her Easter hat, Seattle, 1947
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Ann Dulien wearing her Easter hat, Seattle, 1947

Ann (Fabrikant) Dulien Diamond (1909-1984) was born in Poland and immigrated to New York City with her family in 1911. There she met her first husband, Louis Theodore Dulien (1895-1979), with whom she moved to Seattle about 1935. The couple were benefactors to the Seattle Art Museum and the Seattle Boys Clubs. Ann was active in other local civic organizations…
ID Number:2000.107.052.15.02
Date:1947
Image of Oscar Eason, Jr. speaking at NAACP chapter meeting, Seattle, August 25, 1986
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Oscar Eason, Jr. speaking at NAACP chapter meeting, Seattle, August 25, 1986

Oscar Eason, Jr. (1930-2017) was a longtime civil-rights leader and community activist in Seattle, who broke down workplace barriers and fought for social justice. Eason moved to Seattle in 1958 from San Antonio, Texas, to work as a mechanical engineer at the Boeing Company, then in 1962 took a job working for the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers. Eason served…
ID Number:2000.107.053.26.01
Date:1986
Image of Voter registration table in front of University Bookstore, Seattle, October 3, 1984
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Voter registration table in front of University Bookstore, Seattle, October 3, 1984

Democrats, Republicans, and a host of other organizations pushed to increase voter registration as the 1984 national election drew closer. In the election, to be held November 6, incumbent Ronald Reagan (Republican) was running against Walter Mondale (Democrat).Here, Valerie Jean Fisher, from the Washington Public Interest Research Group (WashPIRG) sits outside the University Bookstore and registers University of Washington students…
ID Number:2000.107.055.27.03
Date:1984
Image of Portrait of Jesse Epstein, Seattle, August 2, 1941
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Portrait of Jesse Epstein, Seattle, August 2, 1941

Jesse Epstein (1910-1989) was the first director of the Seattle Housing Authority (SHA) in 1939, having been a primary force in its creation. When the U.S Housing Act of 1937 was passed, subsidizing the construction of low-income housing, Epstein worked for legislation to enable the creation of a local housing authority in Seattle. Two housing bills, the Housing Authorities Law…
ID Number:2000.107.057.02.01
Date:1941
Image of Jesse Epstein signing off on Yesler Terrace project, February 27, 1941
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Jesse Epstein signing off on Yesler Terrace project, February 27, 1941

Jesse Epstein (1910-1989) was the first director of the Seattle Housing Authority (SHA) in 1939, having been a primary force in its creation. When the U.S Housing Act of 1937 was passed, subsidizing the construction of low-income housing, Epstein worked for legislation to enable the creation of a local housing authority in Seattle. Two housing bills, the Housing Authorities Law…
ID Number:2000.107.057.02.02
Date:1941
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