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Image of Rev. Samuel McKinney, Mayor Gordon Clinton, and Rev. Mance Jackson at anti-segregation march, Seattle, 1963
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Rev. Samuel McKinney, Mayor Gordon Clinton, and Rev. Mance Jackson at anti-segregation march, Seattle, 1963

Reverend Samuel B. McKinney speaks through a megaphone at a segregation protest meeting in front of the Seattle Municipal Building. Listening are Mayor Gordon S. Clinton (left), Reverend Mance Jackson (right) and an unidentified boy. In response to calls for action on open housing and other issues, the mayor announced plans to fund a civil rights unit. Handwritten on sleeve:…
ID Number:1986.5.5923.4
Date:1963
Image of Police removing demonstrators at City Hall, Seattle, July 25, 1963
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Police removing demonstrators at City Hall, Seattle, July 25, 1963

In July 1963, demonstrators occupied City Council chambers in Seattle for four days in protest over Mayor Gordon S. Clinton’s nominees for the newly created Human Rights Commission. Protesters objected to the fact that the 12-member commission, charged with writing an open housing ordinance, had only two Black members. On the fourth day of the protest, police removed and arrested…
ID Number:1986.5.5924.1
Date:1963
Image of Civil Rights Sit-in at Municipal Building, Seattle, July 25,1963
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Civil Rights Sit-in at Municipal Building, Seattle, July 25,1963

A group of teenagers and young adults held a week-long sit-in beginning Monday, July 22, 1963 to protest Mayor Gordon S. Clinton's lack of Black appointees to the Municipal Human Rights Commission. The sit-ins spent each day in the Council Chambers, moving to the foyer in the evenings once Chambers were closed. Although the police made several attempts to reason…
ID Number:1986.5.5925.1
Date:1963
Image of Police removing demonstrator from City Hall, July 25, 1963
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Police removing demonstrator from City Hall, July 25, 1963

In July 1963, demonstrators occupied City Council chambers in Seattle for four days in protest over Mayor Gordon S. Clinton’s nominees for the newly created Human Rights Commission. Protesters objected to the fact that the 12-member commission, charged with writing an open housing ordinance, had only two Black members. On the fourth day of the protest, police removed and arrested…
ID Number:1986.5.5925.2
Date:1963
Image of Police removing demonstrator from City Hall, July 25, 1963
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Police removing demonstrator from City Hall, July 25, 1963

In July 1963, demonstrators occupied City Council chambers in Seattle for four days in protest over Mayor Gordon S. Clinton’s nominees for the newly created Human Rights Commission. Protesters objected to the fact that the 12-member commission, charged with writing an open housing ordinance, had only two black members. On the fourth day of the protest, police removed and arrested…
ID Number:1986.5.5925.3
Date:1963
Image of Assistant Police Chief Charles Rouse with demonstrators at City Hall, July 25, 1963
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Assistant Police Chief Charles Rouse with demonstrators at City Hall, July 25, 1963

In July 1963, demonstrators occupied City Council chambers in Seattle for four days in protest over Mayor Gordon S. Clinton’s nominees for the newly created Human Rights Commission. Protesters objected to the fact that the 12-member commission, charged with writing an open housing ordinance, had only two black members. On the fourth day of the protest, police removed and arrested…
ID Number:1986.5.5926.1
Date:1963
Image of Assistant Police Chief Charles Rouse with demonstrators at City Hall, July 25, 1963
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Assistant Police Chief Charles Rouse with demonstrators at City Hall, July 25, 1963

In July 1963, demonstrators occupied City Council chambers in Seattle for four days in protest over Mayor Gordon S. Clinton’s nominees for the newly created Human Rights Commission. Protesters objected to the fact that the 12-member commission, charged with writing an open housing ordinance, had only two black members. On the fourth day of the protest, police removed and arrested…
ID Number:1986.5.5926.3
Date:1963
Image of Four women at City Council sit-in, Seattle, July 1963
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Four women at City Council sit-in, Seattle, July 1963

In July 1963, demonstrators occupied City Council chambers in Seattle for four days in protest over Mayor Gordon S. Clinton’s nominees for the newly created Human Rights Commission. Protesters objected to the fact that the 12-member commission, charged with writing an open housing ordinance, had only two black members. On the fourth day of the protest, police removed and arrested…
ID Number:1986.5.5927.1
Date:1963
Image of Eddie Givens addressing demonstrators at City Hall sit-in, July 25, 1963
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Eddie Givens addressing demonstrators at City Hall sit-in, July 25, 1963

In July 1963, demonstrators occupied City Council chambers in Seattle for four days in protest over Mayor Gordon S. Clinton’s nominees for the newly created Human Rights Commission. Protesters objected to the fact that the 12-member commission, charged with writing an open housing ordinance, had only two black members. On the fourth day of the protest, police removed and arrested…
ID Number:1986.5.5927.2
Date:1963
Image of Sit-in at City Council Chambers, City Hall, Seattle, July 25, 1963
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Sit-in at City Council Chambers, City Hall, Seattle, July 25, 1963

In July 1963, demonstrators occupied City Council chambers in Seattle for four days in protest over Mayor Gordon S. Clinton’s nominees for the newly created Human Rights Commission. Protesters objected to the fact that the 12-member commission, charged with writing an open housing ordinance, had only two black members. On the fourth day of the protest, police removed and arrested…
ID Number:1986.5.5927.10
Date:1963
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