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Image of Rev. Leon Jones and Rev. Samuel B. McKinney arrested at protest against South Africa, Seattle, December 9, 1984
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Rev. Leon Jones and Rev. Samuel B. McKinney arrested at protest against South Africa, Seattle, December 9, 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:2000.107.101.07.01
Date:1984
Image of Provisional Junior League members with hand puppets, Seattle, April 1970
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Provisional Junior League members with hand puppets, Seattle, April 1970

For more than a century, Junior League members have confronted society’s most pressing issues and tackled its toughest problems, leaving an unrivaled legacy of reform. Since its inception in 1923, members of the Junior League of Seattle (JLS) have worked to improve our community through mission-driven projects and hands-on work with many community partners.To join the JLS, women first became…
ID Number:2000.107.101.36.03
Date:1970
Image of Two Seattle Junior League members with art works, Seattle, April 1971
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Two Seattle Junior League members with art works, Seattle, April 1971

For more than a century, Junior League members have confronted society’s most pressing issues and tackled its toughest problems, leaving an unrivaled legacy of reform. Since its inception in 1923, members of the Junior League of Seattle (JLS) have worked to improve our community through mission-driven projects and hands-on work with many community partners.Over the years, the Northwest Art Project…
ID Number:2000.107.101.36.04
Date:1971
Image of James Kelly speaking at press conference at Mt. Zion Baptist Church, Seattle, December 5, 1988
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James Kelly speaking at press conference at Mt. Zion Baptist Church, Seattle, December 5, 1988

James Kelly came to Seattle from his native Illinois in 1976, and received a Masters degree in Social Work from the University of Washington in 1980. Kelly worked as an investigator for Washington State Child Protective Services, and in the Seattle City Attorney’s Office, before being appointed by Governor Booth Gardner to head the newly created Commission on African-American Affairs…
ID Number:2000.107.103.19.01
Date:1988
Image of James Kelly standing outside building, Seattle, November 8, 1991
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James Kelly standing outside building, Seattle, November 8, 1991

James Kelly came to Seattle from his native Illinois in 1976, and received a Masters degree in Social Work from the University of Washington in 1980. Kelly worked as an investigator for Washington State Child Protective Services, and in the Seattle City Attorney’s Office, before being appointed by Governor Booth Gardner to head the newly created Commission on African-American Affairs…
ID Number:2000.107.103.19.02
Date:1991
Image of Two men walking in bus tunnel, Seattle, January 19, 1988
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Two men walking in bus tunnel, Seattle, January 19, 1988

In this image, Seattle P.I. reporter James Wallace is accompanied through the bus tunnel by a Metro Transit inspector after the project was delayed because digging farther without stabilizing the soil could endanger building foundations. Most of the tunnel has a concrete structure; the wooden "whiskey barrel" structure at the right edge of the frame indicates a location where a…
ID Number:2000.107.124.34.04
Date:1988
Image of Father John Lynch leading marchers to St. James Cathedral, Seattle, March 16, 1965
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Father John Lynch leading marchers to St. James Cathedral, Seattle, March 16, 1965

On March 16, 1965, Father John Lynch, moderator of the Seattle Catholic Interracial Council, led 400 people from the federal courthouse to St. James Cathedral in a demonstration of sympathy for Black Americans in the civil rights struggle. Over 1000 people then joined Lynch in a "Mass of Reparation" at the cathedral, where he delivered an "angry sermon on love."This…
ID Number:2000.107.131.21.18
Date:1965
Image of Edwin Pratt, Robert Williams, and James McIver at
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Edwin Pratt, Robert Williams, and James McIver at "Sunday of Concern" meeting, November 11, 1968

At monthly "Sunday of Concern" meetings, representatives of 40 Central Area organizations got together to discuss problems in the district. In this photograph (left to right) Edwin T. Pratt, Executive Director of the Seattle Urban League; Robert Williams, intergroup relations specialist at Seattle Public Schools; and James McIver, head of the Loren Miller Bar Club, an organization for Black attorneys,…
ID Number:2000.107.146.25.01
Date:1968
Image of Chef Thierry Rautureau holding a dish of prepared food, Seattle, January 13, 1994
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Chef Thierry Rautureau holding a dish of prepared food, Seattle, January 13, 1994

Thierry Rautureau (1959-2023) was born in France, where he apprenticed as a chef before moving to the United States at age 20. In Seattle, he became the chef and owner of Rover’s Restaurant in 1987 and later became the owner and chef of restaurants Luc and Loulay Kitchen & Bar. He won many awards including a James Beard Award and…
ID Number:2000.107.149.33.01
Date:1994
Image of Chef Thierry Rautureau preparing food, Seattle, January 13, 1994
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Chef Thierry Rautureau preparing food, Seattle, January 13, 1994

Thierry Rautureau (1959-2023) was born in France, where he apprenticed as a chef before moving to the United States at age 20. In Seattle, he became the chef and owner of Rover’s Restaurant in 1987 and later became the owner and chef of restaurants Luc and Loulay Kitchen & Bar. He won many awards including a James Beard Award and…
ID Number:2000.107.149.33.02
Date:1994
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