513 results for: Protests and Demonstrations
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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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Women marching on International Women's Day, Seattle, March 8, 1975
This image was taken as about 300 women, men, and children marched through downtown Seattle in observance of International Women's Day, and to demand equitable working conditions for all. The group assembled at the Federal Building and paraded to Westlake Center, where they listened to speeches, including one on the history of International Women's Day, which was established in Europe…
ID Number:2000.107.232.25.01
Date:1975
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Women holding sit-in at Federal Building, August 26, 1981
The Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) was introduced in the U. S. Congress for the first time in 1921 and has prompted conversations about the meaning of equality for women and men ever since. With the rise of the women's movement in the 1960s, the ERA garnered increasing support, was reintroduced to Congress in 1972, and was submitted to the state…
ID Number:2000.107.232.25.02
Date:1981
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Demonstrators holding signs supporting ERA, Seattle, March 5, 1977
The Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) was introduced in the U. S. Congress for the first time in 1921 and has prompted conversations about the meaning of equality for women and men ever since. With the rise of the women's movement in the 1960s, the ERA garnered increasing support, was reintroduced to Congress in 1972, and was submitted to the state…
ID Number:2000.107.232.25.03
Date:1977
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Demonstrators marching with signs supporting the ERA, Seattle, July 8, 1978
The Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) was introduced in the U.S. Congress for the first time in 1921 and has prompted conversations about the meaning of equality for women and men ever since. With the rise of the women's movement in the 1960s, the ERA garnered increasing support, was reintroduced to Congress in 1972, and was submitted to the state legislatures…
ID Number:2000.107.232.26.01
Date:1978
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Demonstrators holding signs supporting the ERA, Seattle, June 30, 1991
The Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) was introduced in the U. S. Congress for the first time in 1921 and has prompted conversations about the meaning of equality for women and men ever since. With the rise of the women's movement in the 1960s, the ERA garnered increasing support, was reintroduced to Congress in 1972, and was submitted to the state…
ID Number:2000.107.232.26.02
Date:1991
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Anti-contra demonstrators holding signs, Seattle, March 3, 1986
In this image, protesters in downtown Seattle hold up crosses bearing the names of people they claim were killed by the contra rebels in Nicaragua. The protesters rallied on the steps of the Federal Courthouse to listen to attorney Jim Douglas, chair of the Central American Task Force of the Seattle Chapter of the National Lawyers Guild, which represented Central…
ID Number:2000.107.246.04.02
Date:1986
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Protesters blocking I-5 after Rodney King verdict, Seattle, May 1, 1992
In this image, Washington State Patrol troopers meet protesters blocking the northbound lanes of Interstate 5, just north of downtown Seattle. About 200 peaceful demonstrators blocked traffic for two hours to protest the acquittal of four white Los Angeles Police Department officers charged with using excessive force in the March 3, 1991 arrest of African-American taxi driver Rodney King (1965-2012).…
ID Number:2000.107.246.04.03
Date:1992
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Anti-war UW students blocking I-5, Seattle, January 14, 1991
After Iraq invaded and annexed Kuwait in August 1990, the United Nations Security Council and the Arab League passed resolutions giving Iraq a deadline of January 15, 1991 to leave Kuwait and authorizing military intervention if this did not occur. When Iraq did not withdraw, the United States and coalition forces from other countries began a heavy bombing campaign, codenamed…
ID Number:2000.107.246.05.02
Date:1991
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State Representative Mike Ross being arrested at UCWA protest, June 7, 1972
A 1970 federal court order established minority hiring percentages for construction unions. Two years later, the United Construction Workers Association (UCWA), a minority group, protested Seattle’s ongoing non-compliance with the order. In early June, they closed down a number of construction sites around Seattle. Despite a temporary restraining order from the King County Superior Court, UCWA members gathered June 7…
ID Number:2000.107.19720608.2.05
Date:1972