1183 results for: Black/African American
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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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Janet McCloud, Lillian Gregory, and Jack Tanner at press conference, Olympia, July 3, 1968
Janet Joy "Yet-Si-Blue" (Renecker) McCloud (1934-2003) was a Tulalip tribe member and an Indigenous activist who was prominent in the "fish wars" that led to the Boldt Decision, a federal ruling guaranteeing Washington tribes half the state's salmon and steelhead trout catch.In this image Janet McCloud, left, and Jack Tanner, right, and Lillian Gregory, center, speak at a press conference…
ID Number:2000.107.121.09.02
Date:1968
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Louise McKinney outside John Hay Elementary, Seattle, August 26, 1983
Louise Jones McKinney (1930-2012) was a longtime educator, philanthropist, community activist, and patron of the arts in Seattle. Louise McKinney came to Seattle in 1958 with her husband, the Reverend Samuel B. McKinney, who became pastor of Mount Zion Baptist Church. McKinney had a long career as an educator in Seattle public schools, as a teacher, principal, and tireless advocate…
ID Number:2000.107.122.34.02
Date:1993
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Toni McWashington, October 18, 1991
In 1991, Seattle Police Department (SPD) Lieutenant Toni McWashington, who had developed the department's racial and cultural sensitivity training program, was placed in command of the Internal Investigation Section. The job change came with a promotion in rank, to police captain, making McWashington the highest-ranking minority police officer in Washington state, and the second-highest-ranking woman in the SPD. McWashington, who…
ID Number:2000.107.123.26.01
Date:1991
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Tunnel workers laughing outside The Appointment, Seattle, February 12, 1990
In this image Metro tunnel workers Rogers Stephenson (left) and Richard Hard share a laugh outside The Appointment, a hangout for tunnel workers. Hard, a pile driver supervisor, is quoted in the Seattle P.I. as commenting, "These tunnel guys, I don't know where they come from, they're fearless." The Downtown Seattle Transit Tunnel (also Metro Bus Tunnel), is a 1.3-mile-long…
ID Number:2000.107.124.35.03
Date:1990
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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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NAACP leader Charles Johnson speaking at Mt. Zion Baptist Church, June 15, 1963
On Sunday, June 15, 1963, a group of over 1000 Black and white protesters, led by Rev. Mance Jackson and other Black clergymen, marched quietly from Mount Zion Baptist Church in the Central District in an anti-discrimination "freedom march" through downtown Seattle. The event ended at Westlake Mall, with a rally and a program of speakers. Organized by the Congress…
ID Number:2000.107.131.21.06
Date:1963
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NAACP leaders Hascal Humes and Charles Johnson, January 13, 1962
This photograph depicts, at left, Hascal Humes, a member of the NAACP board and chairman of the housing committee, and Charles Johnson, NAACP Seattle Chapter president, at the NAACP Northwest Area Conference in 1962.
ID Number:2000.107.131.21.07
Date:1962
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Anti-discrimination march, Seattle, June 15, 1963
On Sunday, June 15, 1963, a group of over 1000 Black and white protesters, led by Rev. Mance Jackson and other Black clergymen, marched quietly from Mount Zion Baptist Church in the Central District in an anti-discrimination "freedom march" through downtown Seattle. The event ended at Westlake Mall, with a rally and a program of speakers. Organized by the Congress…
ID Number:2000.107.131.21.09
Date:1963