426 results for: Civil Rights
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Seattle Black Panther Party members at press conference, Seattle, July 1, 1968
The Black Panther Party for Self Defense established its Seattle chapter in the spring of 1968, after Aaron Dixon, Elmer Dixon, Anthony Ware, Garry Owens and several other future Panthers attended a memorial service in San Francisco for 17 year-old Bobby Hutton, who had been killed in a shootout with local police. While in Oakland, the Seattle youth met BPP…
ID Number:2000.107.246.07.03
Date:1968
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Participants sing at service honoring Martin Luther King, Jr., Seattle, January 15, 1985
In this image, hundreds of people attending a service in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. join hands as they sing "We Shall Overcome" at Mount Zion Baptist Church in Seattle, on what would have been Dr. King's 56th birthday. Caption information written by Post-Intelligencer staff and attached to the back of the photograph.
ID Number:2000.107.260.01.01
Date:1985
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Vietnam veterans marching in Memorial Day parade, Seattle, May 27, 1985
In this image, a Vietnam veteran raises his fists in salute as he and about 100 other Vietnam veterans march down Alaskan Way in a Memorial Day parade. Beginning at Myrtle Edwards Park, various dignitaries, politicians, men in Civil War uniforms, square dancers, Navy bands, Army drill teams, and veterans' groups marched along Seattle's waterfront, ending at the Seattle War…
ID Number:2000.107.264.02.03
Date:1985
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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
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Tyree Scott being arrested at UCWA protest at Seattle Central Community College, 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 on June…
ID Number:2000.107.19720608.2.36
Date:1972
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People at preview of Black Arts/West production of "Black Girl," Seattle, March 22, 1973
Black Arts/West was Seattle's first Black theater and functioned as a three component program: theater, dance, and an art gallery displaying the work of local and national artists. Founded by Douglas Q. Barnett (1931-2019) in 1969, Black Arts/West evolved out of the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s. As a division of the Central Area Motivation Program (CAMP), an anti-poverty…
ID Number:2000.107.19730322.2.14A
Date:1973
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People at preview of Black Arts/West production of "Black Girl," Seattle, March 22, 1973
Black Arts/West was Seattle's first Black theater and functioned as a three component program: theater, dance, and an art gallery displaying the work of local and national artists. Founded by Douglas Q. Barnett (1931-2019) in 1969, Black Arts/West evolved out of the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s. As a division of the Central Area Motivation Program (CAMP), an anti-poverty…
ID Number:2000.107.19730322.2.15A
Date:1973
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Alfred E. Cowles at his desk, Seattle, March 30, 1973
Alfred E. Cowles was appointed to the Seattle School Board in May 1969 representing a new district covering the Central Area. Later that year he was elected to keep his seat, becoming the first Black man elected to the Board. He served on the Board until 1973, when he moved to Washington, D.C. to lead the Center for Dispute Settlement,…
ID Number:2000.107.19730330.1.14
Date:1973
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Congregation at Mount Zion Baptist Church after murder of Alberta Williams King, Seattle, June 30, 1974
Alberta Williams King (1904-1974) was an activist, organist, and the mother of martyred civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929-1968). She organized and led the Ebenezer Women's Committee at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, where her husband and son were pastors, and was active in the NAACP, the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, and the YWCA. On…
ID Number:2000.107.19740630.1.17A
Date:1974
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Garfield principal Roscoe Bass at Central Area School Council meeting, Seattle, June 13, 1976
Roscoe Bass was an longtime educator and civil rights activist. He graduated from the Kansas State Teachers College and came to Seattle in 1958 as a substitute teacher. Bass served as the principal of Garfield High School for six years and is credited with helping turn it into one of the best schools in Washington. Bass also worked in the…
ID Number:2000.107.19760613.1.11
Date:1976