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Image of Klansmen at initiation ceremony at Wilson Station, Renton, July 14, 1923
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Klansmen at initiation ceremony at Wilson Station, Renton, July 14, 1923

A resurgence of Ku Klux Klan (KKK) movement between 1915 and the mid-1920s, in what historians call the "Second Klan," reached all 48 states, with membership over four million in the mid-1920s. Although the Klan's core belief in white supremacy, at least with regard to African Americans, had less resonance in Washington State, by 1921 there was a ready audience…
ID Number:2000.107.108.16.07
Date:1923
Image of Klansmen at initiation ceremony at Wilson Station, Renton, July 14, 1923
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Klansmen at initiation ceremony at Wilson Station, Renton, July 14, 1923

A resurgence of Ku Klux Klan (KKK) movement between 1915 and the mid-1920s, in what historians call the "Second Klan," reached all 48 states, with membership over four million in the mid-1920s. Although the Klan's core belief in white supremacy, at least with regard to African Americans, had less resonance in Washington State, by 1921 there was a ready audience…
ID Number:2000.107.108.16.08
Date:1923
Image of Elaine LaTourelle talking about NOW, Seattle, June 12, 1974
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Elaine LaTourelle talking about NOW, Seattle, June 12, 1974

Elaine Day LaTourelle (b. 1938) is an architect and women's rights activist based in Seattle. She received her Bachelors degree in Architecture from the University of Washington (UW) in 1961, and her Master's from Yale University. LaTourelle practiced architecture with her husband as LaTourelle Associates from 1968-1980, and later as Elaine Day LaTourelle and Associates Architecture & Design. She taught…
ID Number:2000.107.110.34.01
Date:1974
Image of Elaine Day Latourelle speaking at anti-war forum, Seattle, January 13, 1973
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Elaine Day Latourelle speaking at anti-war forum, Seattle, January 13, 1973

Elaine Day LaTourelle (b. 1938) is an architect and women's rights activist based in Seattle. She received her Bachelors degree in Architecture from the University of Washington (UW) in 1961, and her Master's from Yale University. LaTourelle practiced architecture with her husband as LaTourelle Associates from 1968-1980, and later as Elaine Day LaTourelle and Associates Architecture & Design. She taught…
ID Number:2000.107.110.34.02
Date:1973
Image of Roberto Maestas, Larry Gossett and others celebrating in restaurant , Seattle, December 26, 1972
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Roberto Maestas, Larry Gossett and others celebrating in restaurant , Seattle, December 26, 1972

Seattle had a growing Latino population in the late 1960s, and activists had been pressing the city for a building in which to establish a Chicano community center. Tired of having their requests ignored, in October 1972 they took over the abandoned Beacon Hill School on 16th Avenue South and renamed it El Centro de la Raza. After a 75-day…
ID Number:2000.107.117.04.01
Date:1972
Image of Roberto Maestas speaking to city council members, Seattle, June 11, 1974
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Roberto Maestas speaking to city council members, Seattle, June 11, 1974

Seattle had a growing Latino population in the late 1960s, and activists had been pressing the city for a building in which to establish a Chicano community center. Tired of having their requests ignored, in October 1972 they took over the abandoned Beacon Hill School on 16th Avenue South and renamed it El Centro de la Raza. After a 75-day…
ID Number:2000.107.117.04.03
Date:1974
Image of Roberto Maestas with children at El Centro de la Raza, Seattle, October 22, 1987
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Roberto Maestas with children at El Centro de la Raza, Seattle, October 22, 1987

Roberto Felipe Maestas (1938-2010) was a Mexican American activist in Seattle. Maestas became involved in UW civil-rights and antiwar demonstrations in the late 1960s-early 1970s and was a fierce advocate for Chicano and other minority concerns. He led the occupation of the old Beacon Hill School in 1972, leading to the founding of the Chicano community center El Centro de…
ID Number:2000.107.117.04.05
Date:1987
Image of Chicanos in Aztlan youth group, Seattle, January, 1984
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Chicanos in Aztlan youth group, Seattle, January, 1984

In this image "Flex," at front, tosses a cue ball in the air while his friends look on, from left, Carlos Barrientes, Tracy Roybal, Fernando Sanchez, "Torito" Rodriguez, and Steve Sanchez. The young men are all members of the "CIA," or Chicanos in Aztlan, an ethnic youth group created in the early 1980s to preserve Mexican heritage and display ethnic…
ID Number:2000.107.124.40.04
Date:1984
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"Flex" of Chicanos in Aztlan demonstrating break dancing, Seattle, January, 1984

In this image "Flex" demonstrates the kickworm, a break dancing move, while friends in CIA, or Chicanos in Aztlan, look on. The CIA, an ethnic youth group, was created in the early 1980s by friends to preserve their Mexican heritage and display their ethnic pride. Caption information source: The Seattle Times, January 29, 1984, page 25Caption information also derived from…
ID Number:2000.107.124.40.05
Date:1984
Image of Rev. Dr. John H. Adams with Freedom Patrol members at CORE headquarters, Seattle, July 24, 1965
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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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