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A. Frank Williams and Bob Davis at KYAC radio station, July 24, 1969
KYAC was the first Black-owned radio station in Seattle, broadcasting from 1965 to 1981 with a focus on playing music by Black artists. In addition to music, KYAC broadcast local news relevant to Seattle’s Black population, ran radio contests, hosted live events for listeners, and engaged in activism in the Black community. Initially, KYAC was owned by a white man.…
ID Number:1986.5.50946.1
Date:1969
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A. Frank Williams and Bob Davis at KYAC radio station, July 24, 1969
KYAC was the first Black-owned radio station in Seattle, broadcasting from 1965 to 1981 with a focus on playing music by Black artists. In addition to music, KYAC broadcast local news relevant to Seattle’s Black population, ran radio contests, hosted live events for listeners, and engaged in activism in the Black community. Initially, KYAC was owned by a white man.…
ID Number:1986.5.50946.2
Date:1969
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Pastors leading memorial service for Martin Luther King, Jr., Seattle, April 4, 1968
The assassination of minister and civil rights activist Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929-1968) on April 4 led to a nationwide wave of grief, demonstrations, and riots. Memorials were held across the country, and President Lyndon B. Johnson declared April 7 a national day of mourning .In this image Rev. Dr. Samuel Berry McKinney (1926-) sits with other church…
ID Number:1986.5.50986.1
Date:1968
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James Washington Jr. carving sculpture "Woodchuck and Owl", Seattle, September 1969
James Washington Jr. (1911-2000) was a sculptor and painter who became associated with the Northwest School of artists in Seattle. He grew up in Mississippi and moved to Seattle in 1944 to work for the Navy during World War II. Washington was largely self-taught and he believed this lack of formal training was essential to his artistic success. In the…
ID Number:1986.5.51172.10
Date:1969
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Elmer Dixon at King County courthouse, Seattle, October 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:1986.5.52275.22A
Date:1968
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Lem Howell at inquest into police shooting of Larry Ward, Seattle, May 22, 1970
On May 15, 1970, a Seattle police officer shot and killed Larry Eugene Ward (1947-1970), a Black man, as he fled from police after attempting to light a bomb fuse at Hardcastle Realty at 23rd Avenue and Union Street in the Central Area. Police were alerted to the attempt by the FBI, who had been watching the property, expecting Black…
ID Number:1986.5.52333.3A
Date:1970
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Spectators in courtroom at Larry Ward inquest, May 22,1970
On May 15, 1970, a Seattle police officer shot and killed Larry Eugene Ward (1947-1970) as he fled from police after attempting to light a bomb fuse at Hardcastle Realty at 23rd Avenue and Union Street in the Central Area. Police were alerted to the attempt by the FBI, who had been watching the property, expecting Black Panther involvement in…
ID Number:1986.5.52333.10
Date:1970
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Jury swearing in at Larry Ward inquest, May 22, 1970
On May 15, 1970, a Seattle police officer shot and killed Larry Eugene Ward (1947-1970) as he fled from police after attempting to light a bomb fuse at Hardcastle Realty at 23rd Avenue and Union Street in the Central Area. Police were alerted to the attempt by the FBI, who had been watching the property, expecting Black Panther involvement in…
ID Number:1986.5.52333.17
Date:1970
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Boys Club members and men with map, Seattle, August 11, 1970
In this image three Seattle University Boy's Club members, from left, Carl Lindsey, 11, Dennis Lindsey, 12, and Charles Black, 13, point to a map showing the 13 Seattle-King County Boys' Clubs. The Clubs were to be the beneficiaries of the annual "World's Biggest Rummage Sale," sponsored by the Seattle Post-Intelligencer and local radio station KJR and held at Sick's…
ID Number:1986.5.52582.1
Date:1970
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Boys Club members and instructor building shelving, Seattle, August 11, 1970
In this image Vocational Director at Rotary and Rainier Boys' Clubs Isaac Slade, right, shows Carl Ervin, 12, left and Marvin Williams, 15, how to operate a drill being used to construct display racks for the "World's Biggest Rummage Sale." The annual event, sponsored by the Seattle Post-Intelligencer and local radio station KJR and held at Sick's Stadium August 22-23,…
ID Number:1986.5.52590.1
Date:1970