1183 results for: Black/African American
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Pastor Samuel McKinney and Maryamu Eltayeb leading prayer at Mount Zion Baptist Church, Seattle, February 11, 1990
On February 11, 1990, Nelson Mandela, leader of the movement to end South African apartheid, was released from a South African prison after 27 years of incarceration. The Mount Zion Baptist Church in Seattle held a celebration of his release that afternoon, and Mayor Norm Rice named the day Nelson Mandela Day in Seattle. In this image Rev. Dr. Samuel…
ID Number:2000.107.169.17.02
Date:1990
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Commercial Club officers discussing projects, Seattle, March 5, 1951
The East Madison Commercial Club organized in 1935 in order to improve Seattle's Madison Park neighborhood. In 1959 the club, by then known as the East Union - East Madison Commercial Club, merged with the Central Community Club.In this image the officers of the East Madison Commercial Club talk about upcoming club projects. The individuals are identified from left as…
ID Number:2000.107.170.25.06
Date:1951
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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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Steve Sneed viewing restoration at Langston Hughes Cultural Arts Center, Seattle, April 11, 1993
In 1969 the City of Seattle used federal Model Cities funds to purchase a building for use as a community center, the Chevra Bikur Cholim Synagogue, which was designed in 1915 by B. Marcus Priteca (1889-1971) and located at 104 17th Avenue South in the Central District neighborhood. In 1971 the building became the home of what is now known…
ID Number:2000.107.176.29.01
Date:1993
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Ray Daniels selling produce at Inner City Market, Seattle, July 31, 1976
In this image, young Ray Daniels weighs produce grown on his grandfather's farm as he serves a customer at the Inner City Farmer's Market at 18th Avenue and East Cherry Street in Seattle's Central District neighborhood. Caption information derived from captions written by Post-Intelligencer staff and attached to the back of the photo.
ID Number:2000.107.176.37.07
Date:1976
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Family selling produce at Inner City Farmers Market, Seattle, July 31, 1976
In this image, youngsters help their family sell produce at the Inner City Farmer's Market at 18th Avenue and East Cherry Street in Seattle's Central District neighborhood. Caption information derived from captions written by Post-Intelligencer staff and attached to the back of the photo.
ID Number:2000.107.176.37.08
Date:1976
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Tina Head staffing stall at Mount Baker farmers market, Seattle, August 3, 1980
In this image Tina Head watches over a produce stand at a farmer's market in Seattle's Mount Baker neighborhood. Beginning in 1993, the Neighborhood Farmers Market Alliance sought to bring various farmer's markets in Seattle together and as of 2018 operates eight markets around the city, including the U-District Neighborhood Farmers Market. Caption information derived from captions written by Post-Intelligencer…
ID Number:2000.107.176.37.10
Date:1980
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Samuel Spivey at the Bread of Life Mission, Seattle, February 6, 1983
Since 1939, the Bread of Life Mission, located in Seattle's Pioneer Square, has served those needing food and shelter. Here, Samuel Spivey, 55, who regularly eats his meals at the mission, tells his story to a P-I reporter. Caption information source: Breadoflifemission.org.Caption information also derived from captions written by Post-Intelligencer staff and attached to the back of the photograph.
ID Number:2000.107.177.02.01
Date:1983
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Florence Donley sitting in lobby of new SOIC building, Seattle, January 17, 1975
The Seattle Opportunities Industrialization Center, or SOIC (pronounced "So I see"), was established in 1966, largely through a grant from the Office of Economic Opportunity, the federal agency funding "war on poverty" programs. Modeled after the original OIC started by a Philadelphia minister two years earlier, the community-based program recruited, trained and placed unemployed people in the labor market. The…
ID Number:2000.107.177.26.01
Date:1979