426 results for: Civil Rights
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Boycott Scab Beer!/Boicotean Cerveza Esquirol! flier, 1977
The Coors boycotts began in the 1960s and lasted officially until the late 1980s, though some opposition continued after that time. The boycotts focused on three issues: the company's long opposition to organized labor; allegations of discriminatory hiring practices against Hispanics, African Americans, women, and LGBTQ people; and Joseph Coors' funding of conservative politicians and organizations. The first boycott in…
ID Number:2002.23.1.43.1
Date:1977
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Gray Panthers of Seattle pamphlet, 1977
The Gray Panthers, founded in 1972, are a series of multi-generational local advocacy networks in the United States which confront ageism and many other social justice issues. During the early years of the 1970s and 1980s, the main issues of the Gray Panthers included forced retirement, ageist stereotypes, cuts to Medicare and Social Security, and world peace. Over the years,…
ID Number:2002.23.1.44.1
Date:1977
Poster
Handbill for a meeting on the Teen Dance Ordinance, Seattle, December 13, 1986
Although the city of Seattle passed its first regulations on teen musical events in 1967, enforcement was minimal. In 1985, the city’s Teen Dance Ordinance tried to severely tighten up regulations on youth dance clubs and musical events, citing drug use, sexual abuse, and underage drinking. This led to several decades of protest. Opponents pointed to the effect this had…
ID Number:2002.23.2.24.1
Date:1986
Poster
Handbill for rally protesting proposed youth curfew, Seattle, July 21, 1986
After Seattle’s 1985 Teen Dance Ordinance tried to severely tighten up regulations on youth dance clubs and musical events, citing drug use, sexual abuse, and underage drinking, the Youth Defense Campaign and other groups organized to try to repeal these and other laws affecting youth, like a 1986 proposed teen curfew.This July 1986 Youth Defense Campaign urges people to attend…
ID Number:2002.23.2.24.2
Date:1986
Poster
Handbill for youth rally in protest of teen dance regulations, Seattle, February 4, 1987
Although the city of Seattle passed its first regulations on teen dance events in 1967, enforcement was minimal. In 1985, the city’s Teen Dance Ordinance tried to severely tighten up regulations on youth dance clubs and musical events, citing drug use, sexual abuse, and underage drinking. This led to several decades of protest. Opponents pointed to the effect this had…
ID Number:2002.23.2.30.1
Date:1987
Poster
Handbill promoting the Youth Defense Campaign, Seattle, 1987
In 1985, Seattle’s Teen Dance Ordinance tried to severely tighten up regulations on youth dance clubs and musical events, citing drug use, sexual abuse, and underage drinking. That year, police broke up a grunge concert at the Gorilla Gardens dance club, causing injuries and arrests. The Youth Defense Campaign organized in protest of the ordinance and the city’s crack-down. This…
ID Number:2002.23.2.30.2
Date:1987
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S.O.S. for Black Education, flier from Freedom Socialist Party, 1987
This flier advertises an "SOS for Black Education" event hosted by the Freedom Socialist Party at New Freeway Hall in 1987. Speakers included Dawn Mason, Oscar Eason, Elizabeth Jackson, and Teri Bach. Dawn Mason served in the Washington State Legislature from 1995-1999 and was the only Black member of the legislature during her terms. She was Ranking Chair of the…
ID Number:2002.23.2.30.3
Date:1987
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ACT UP/Seattle flier for World AIDS Day rally at Seattle Center, 1991
ACT UP (AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power) is a grassroots political activist group founded in New York in 1987 to advocate for immediate and meaningful action to fight the AIDS crisis and end homophobia. The organization's tactics include the use of direct action, such as protest and civil disobedience, advocacy, and work to change legislation and public policy. The Seattle…
ID Number:2002.23.2.64.3
Date:1991
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Free South Africa! poster, 1980
This poster describes a week of anti-apartheid events in Seattle running from October 19 to October 25, 1980. The events described include a performance of Black South African music, dance, and poetry, a documentary about the South African government’s nuclear program, a panel discussion about the role of churches in fighting apartheid, a talk by exiled Black South African journalist…
ID Number:2002.23.4.25.1
Date:1980
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The Committee for Justice for Domingo and Viernes newsletter, Seattle, August 3, 1981
Filipino American labor activists Silme Domingo (1952-1981) and Gene Allen Viernes (1951-1981) were murdered in Seattle on June 1, 1981, while attempting to reform the Local 37 of the International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union (ILWU) and organizing against Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos and his wife Imelda Marcos.At first, authorities thought the murder was an isolated incident and concluded with the…
ID Number:2002.23.4.37.1
Date:1981