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Police and supporters of the anti-apartheid movement, Seattle, January 20, 1985
When South Africa’s National Party came to power in 1948, the white leadership put extreme laws in place forcing the country’s racial groups to live and develop separately. These “apartheid” laws caused much hardship and resentment. The growth of the Civil Rights Movement in the United States in the 1950s brought attention to apartheid, and in the 1970s and 80s,…
ID Number:2000.107.047.33.04
Date:1985
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Protest outside the South African consulate, Seattle, December 8, 1984
When South Africa’s National Party came to power in 1948, the white leadership put extreme laws in place forcing the country’s racial groups to live and develop separately. These “apartheid” laws caused much hardship and resentment. The growth of the Civil Rights Movement in the United States in the 1950s brought attention to apartheid, and in the 1970s and 80s,…
ID Number:2000.107.047.33.05
Date:1984
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Police escorting minority leaders from South African consulate, Seattle, February 3, 1985
Beginning in October 1984, a series of demonstrations were held outside the home of the honorary South African consul in Madison Park to protest the South African government's polices of racial segregation known as apartheid.In February 1985, ten Seattle minority organization leaders climbed the stairs to the consulate and tried unsuccessfully to meet with the consul. They were arrested when…
ID Number:2000.107.047.33.06
Date:1985
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Jim Ellis, Seattle, September 1974
James Reed "Jim" Ellis (b. 1921), a Franklin High School graduate and Seattle lawyer, is widely regarded as one of the most visionary civic activists in King County history. In the late 1950s he spearheaded the clean up of Lake Washington, leading to the creation of the Municipality of Metropolitan Seattle (Metro), which became a regional transportation system. In the…
ID Number:2000.107.056.08.02
Date:1974
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Jim Ellis at Freeway Park dedication ceremony, Seattle, July 6, 1981
James Reed "Jim" Ellis (b. 1921), a Franklin High School graduate and Seattle lawyer, is widely regarded as one of the most visionary civic activists in King County history. In the late 1950s he spearheaded the clean up of Lake Washington, leading to the creation of the Municipality of Metropolitan Seattle (Metro), which became a regional transportation system. In the…
ID Number:2000.107.056.08.03
Date:1981
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Bill Gates and Melinda French at a basketball game at the Kingdome, Seattle, March 23, 1993
Melinda French was a native of Dallas and, like Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, had attended private schools. She went on to earn both undergraduate and graduate degrees in computer sciences and business from Duke University. Her abilities led Microsoft to offer her an entry-level management job while still in graduate school.Gates, a Seattle native, had already made his name as…
ID Number:2000.107.073.16.01
Date:1993
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Tim Paterson, original author of MS-DOS, Tukwila, February 10, 1986
While an employee at Seattle Computer Products in Tukwila, Tim Paterson developed a disk operating system, 86-DOS, to run the company’s newly developed computer. Microsoft purchased the rights to 86-DOS, did some further development, and renamed it MS-DOS. Microsoft made a quick deal with IBM, which used MS-DOS to operate its first personal computer. This image shows Tim Paterson pointing…
ID Number:2000.107.073.28.01
Date:1986
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Lottie J. Fenton, Charles James, and Ione H. Knox in Seattle, May 2, 1971
This image shows Lottie J. Fenton, left, Charles James, and Ione H. Knox, all members of the Duwamish Tribe, at the Indian Center on Boren Avenue and Stewart Street. They are listening to a description as to how local Native peoples might obtain permission from the State Department of Fisheries to harvest some of the expected heavy salmon run into…
ID Number:2000.107.095.26.02
Date:1971
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Last Guns with headdress, Seattle, November 2, 1961
In this image, Last Guns (James White Calf, Sr.), the oldest man in the Blackfeet Nation at 103, holds a traditional headdress. He traveled from Browing, Montana, to Seattle to present the headdress to President John F. Kennedy, who was in Seattle on November 16 to deliver a speech at the University of Washington's 100th anniversary program. Last Guns had…
ID Number:2000.107.095.27.04
Date:1961
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Last Guns and Eagle Plume, Seattle, November 2, 1961
In this image, Last Guns (James White Calf, Sr.), the oldest man in the Blackfeet Nation at 103, holds a traditional headdress while sitting next to his son, Eagle Plume (James White Calf, Jr.). He traveled from Browing, Montana, to Seattle to present the headdress to President John F. Kennedy, who was in Seattle on November 16 to deliver a…
ID Number:2000.107.095.27.05
Date:1961