513 results for: Protests and Demonstrations
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Bob Satiacum at protester's encampment outside Fort Lawton, Seattle, March 18, 1970
On March 8, 1970, about 100 members and sympathizers of United Indian People's Council (later United Indians of All Tribes Foundation, or UIATF) occupied Fort Lawton, a 1,100-acre army post in Seattle's Magnolia neighborhood. They were inspired by the passage of a bill signed by President Richard Nixon, which granted non-federal entities the ability to obtain surplus federal lands for…
ID Number:2000.107.160.15.01
Date:1970
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Seattle City Light rate protest outside SeaFirst building, January 9, 1979
In this image taken outside the Seattle First National Bank building in downtown Seattle, demonstrators gathered to protest a new building code allowing commercial and industrial firms to pay less as they use larger amounts of electricity. By contrast, residential users paid more as they used more under Seattle City Light's rate structures. Jim Wurzer, left, dressed as SeaFirst Bank…
ID Number:2000.107.165.16.01
Date:1979
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Block party protesting development, Seattle, August 28, 1977
In this image, spectators and dancers enjoy music provided by the Maraire Marimba Ensemble at a block party on 13th Avenue East between E. Republican Street and E. Mercer Street in Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood. The house behind the band at 516 13th Avenue E. is one of the older housing units that developers wanted to tear down and replace…
ID Number:2000.107.168.11.01
Date:1977
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Black Student Union sit-in at SCC president's office, Seattle, February 26, 1969
In 1969, Seattle Community College (SCC) faced boycotts, demonstrations, and rioting in protest of disparities in funding and academic focus between the College's central campus, located near the city's Black residential area, and the north and south campuses, located in predominantly white neighborhoods. Out of $33 million in capital funds for the three campuses, the central campus, located on Capitol…
ID Number:2000.107.171.16.01
Date:1969
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Robert Davis, Jr. leading protest outside SCC, Seattle, May 22, 1969
In 1969, Seattle Community College (SCC) faced boycotts, demonstrations, and rioting in protest of disparities in funding and academic focus between the College's central campus, located near the city's black residential area, and the north and south campuses, located in predominantly white neighborhoods. Out of $33 million in capital funds for the three campuses, the central campus, located on Capitol…
ID Number:2000.107.171.17.01
Date:1969
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Mike Tagawa leading OSU demonstration, Seattle, February 9, 1969
The Oriental Student Union (OSU) at Seattle Central Community College (SCCC) was founded in 1970. It modeled itself after the campus Black Student Union (BSU), which during the 1968-1969 school year had used direct action protests to demand Black studies and the hiring of Black administrators and faculty. In this image, OSU co-chairman Mike Tagawa, a veteran and sophomore in…
ID Number:2000.107.171.18.01
Date:1969
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Allan Sugiyama leading OSU demonstration, Seattle, February 9, 1971
The Oriental Student Union (OSU) at Seattle Central Community College (SCCC) was founded in 1970. It modeled itself after the campus Black Student Union (BSU), which during the 1968-1969 school year had used direct action protests to demand Black studies and the hiring of Black administrators and faculty. In this image OSU chairman Allan Sugiyama, holding megaphone, leads a demonstration…
ID Number:2000.107.171.18.02
Date:1971
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Michael Lerner at SLF press conference, April 9, 1970
In February 1970, contempt citations were issued to the "Chicago Seven," a group of defendants charged with conspiring to riot during the August 1968 Democratic Party convention in Chicago. Demonstrations against the contempt charges took place in numerous cities, including Seattle, where the newly formed Seattle Liberation Front (SLF) called for protests downtown. On February 17, over 2000 people demonstrated…
ID Number:2000.107.176.30.01
Date:1970
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Chip Marshall at SLF press conference, April 9, 1970
In February 1970, contempt citations were issued to the "Chicago Seven," a group of defendants charged with conspiring to riot during the August 1968 Democratic Party convention in Chicago. Demonstrations against the contempt charges took place in numerous cities, including Seattle, where the newly formed Seattle Liberation Front (SLF) called for protests downtown. On February 17, over 2000 people demonstrated…
ID Number:2000.107.176.30.02
Date:1970
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Jeff Bickford reading SLF statement after arrests, April 17, 1970
In February 1970, contempt citations were issued to the "Chicago Seven," a group of defendants charged with conspiring to riot during the August 1968 Democratic Party convention in Chicago. Demonstrations against the contempt charges took place in numerous cities, including Seattle, where the newly formed Seattle Liberation Front (SLF) called for protests downtown. On February 17, over 2000 people demonstrated…
ID Number:2000.107.176.30.03
Date:1970