426 results for: Civil Rights
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Flo Ware, October 1974
Florestine “Flo” Ware (1912-1981) was a tireless activist who fought for 30 years for the rights of children, the poor, and the aged, particularly in Seattle’s Black community. Within a few years after she moved to Seattle in 1946, Ware was agitating for improvements to Central Area public schools, for better healthcare for elderly people, and for employment opportunities for…
ID Number:2000.107.222.08.04
Date:1974
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Flo Ware, August 1976
Florestine “Flo” Ware (1912-1981) was a tireless activist who fought for 30 years for the rights of children, the poor, and the aged, particularly in Seattle’s Black community. Within a few years after she moved to Seattle in 1946, Ware was agitating for improvements to Central Area public schools, for better healthcare for elderly people, and for employment opportunities for…
ID Number:2000.107.222.08.05
Date:1975
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James Washington Jr. presenting sculpture "Flame of Enlightenment", Seattle, December 3, 1973
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:2000.107.227.20.03
Date:1973
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Bernie Whitebear reading proclamation ending protester's encampment at Fort Lawton, Seattle, April 3, 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:2000.107.230.06.02
Date:1970
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Jesse Wineberry speaking at Ingraham High School, Seattle, January 19, 1987
Jesse Calvin Wineberry (1955-) grew up in Seattle’s Central District, attended Queen Anne High School, and received a degree in Business Administration from the University of Washington (UW). While in law school at the University of Puget Sound (UPS), he co-founded the campus Black American Law Student Association, and was elected to the Washington State House of Representatives. Mr. Wineberry…
ID Number:2000.107.232.05.03
Date:1987
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Diane Wong, July 1, 1979
This photo of Diane Wong was taken to accompany an interview published in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. At the time, Diane Wong was the director of Washington State Commission on Asian American Affairs.Diane Wong grew up in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Seattle. She attended Garfield High School, where she became involved in the civil rights movement, and the University of…
ID Number:2000.107.232.27.01
Date:1979
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Roberta Byrd Barr with Face to Face panel, February 2, 1966
Roberta Byrd Barr (1919-1993) was a civil rights leader, educator, and journalist. Born in Tacoma, Barr returned to Seattle in 1959, attending University of Washington and working as a teacher at Jefferson Elementary School, and then as librarian at John Muir Elementary. When Seattle teachers and parents boycotted the city’s public schools and demanded desegregation in 1966, Barr headed the…
ID Number:2000.107.243.01.01
Date:1966
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Cesar Chavez speaking at Garfield High School, December 19, 1969
Cesar Estrada Chávez (1927-1993) was a Mexican-American labor leader, community organizer, businessman, and civil rights activist. He co-founded, with Dolores Huerta, the National Farm Workers Association (NFWA), which later merged with the Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee (AWOC) to become the United Farm Workers (UFW) labor union. Chavez advocated for the use of direct but nonviolent actions, such as pickets and…
ID Number:2000.107.243.07.01
Date:1969
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Cesar Chavez speaking at press conference, Seattle, December 3, 1985
Cesar Estrada Chávez (1927-1993) was a Mexican-American labor leader, community organizer, businessman, and civil rights activist. He co-founded, with Dolores Huerta, the National Farm Workers Association (NFWA), which later merged with the Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee (AWOC) to become the United Farm Workers (UFW) labor union. Chavez advocated for the use of direct but nonviolent actions, such as pickets and…
ID Number:2000.107.243.07.02
Date:1985
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Aaron Dixon, with bodyguards, speaking at rally at HUB Ballroom, Seattle, April 4, 1969
Aaron Dixon was born in Chicago, and grew up in Seattle's Central Area. His father worked at Boeing, and both parents taught Aaron and his brothers the importance of fighting for social justice. As a college student at the University of Washington (UW), Dixon played a key role in the formation of the Black Student Union (BSU) and the Seattle…
ID Number:2000.107.246.07.02
Date:1969