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Central Area representatives at press conference, July 3, 1968
On July 3, 1968, representatives from a number of Central District organizations held a press conference to address rock-throwing incidents in the area. They urged the youths involved to air their grievances in a more positive and effective way, and to join Central Area organizations to help bring about the change they seek.This photo shows five of the Central Area…
ID Number:2000.107.131.21.19
Date:1968
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Freedom Patrol members leaving CORE headquarters, Seattle, July 24, 1965
On July 24, 1965, police on the night beat in five Seattle areas began to be trailed by shadows--civilian teams of two wearing large cardboard badges labeled "Freedom Patrol." The immediate provocation that led to the formation of the Freedom Patrol was the fatal shooting of a Black man, Robert L. Reese, by off-duty Seattle policeman Harold J. Larsen in…
ID Number:2000.107.131.21.21
Date:1965
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Central Area youth with Ed Devine at Mayor's office, August 19, 1965
On August 19 and 20th, 1965, a group of nine youths from the Central Area Youth Action Council occupied the reception area outside Mayor Dorm Braman's office in attempt to speak with the mayor. On both days, the mayor's administrative assistant, Ed Devine, told the group the mayor was expected to be out all day. The group made several requests…
ID Number:2000.107.131.21.24
Date:1965
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Highline College Afro-American Society members at press conference, May 21, 1968
On May 21, 1968, a group of students from the Afro-American Society at Highline College met with college president Dr. M.A. Allen to discuss a set of demands made by the society, an affiliate of the Congress of Black Student Unions. The college agreed with the students on a number of points, such as the hiring of Black teachers, administrators,…
ID Number:2000.107.131.22.01
Date:1968
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Western Governors Conference demonstration, July 31, 1969
In July 1969, a group of Seattle Community College students protested outside the Washington Plaza Hotel, where the Western Governors' Conference was in session. The students, most members of the Black Student Union (BLU) or the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), objected to the appointment by Governor Dan Evans of Marvin Glass to the Board of Trustees of the…
ID Number:2000.107.131.22.02
Date:1969
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Infanta Spence and other Central Area activists at press conference, August 11, 1967
On August 2, 1967, Governor Dan Evans visited the Central Area of Seattle and listened to members of the Black community, meeting first with community leaders at the Sorrento Hotel, and later with the youth community at the Y.M.C.A. Some of the young people present agreed to develop proposals for action, and in the following days formed a group called…
ID Number:2000.107.131.22.07
Date:1967
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Keve Bray at panel discussion at Seattle University, December 3, 1967
Seattle actor, businessman, and political activist Keve Bray (1925-1972) played an essential role in the local civil rights movement and is especially notable for his role in the Black power movement in the Central District. As early as 1964, he spoke out against the integrationist stance of many civil rights leaders, and by 1968, Bray had become a leader of…
ID Number:2000.107.131.24.01
Date:1967
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Chizuko Omori at home in front of incarceration camp photos, Seattle, August 10, 1988
Chizuko May Omori (b. 1930), a young Nisei girl, was living with her family in Oceanside, California when World War II broke out. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, Omori and her family were incarcerated in Poston concentration camp (known officially as the Colorado River Relocation Center) in Yuma County, Arizona. After release from the camp, Omori lived for a…
ID Number:2000.107.136.07.01
Date:1988
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Portrait of Garry Owens, September 1988
Garry Owens was born in Seattle’s Chinatown - International District and lived in a number of Seattle neighborhoods before graduating from Franklin High School. As a senior in high school, Owens was impressed by and participated in the Seattle chapter of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE). After high school, he was drafted into the Army and his experiences in…
ID Number:2000.107.136.40.01
Date:1988
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Gary Padilla, May 7, 1975
On May 6, 1975 the University of Washington fired Gary Padilla, director of the Chicano Studies program, and Juan Sanchez, director of the Chicano division of the Office of Minority Affairs. Rosa Morales, a secretary in Padilla’s office, was also suspended for 15 days. The employees were accused of “insubordination” and making threats against the university during a meeting in…
ID Number:2000.107.137.19.01
Date:1975