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Image of Handbill for a meeting on the Teen Dance Ordinance, Seattle, December 13, 1986
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
Image of Handbill for rally protesting proposed youth curfew, Seattle, July 21, 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
Image of Handbill for youth rally in protest of teen dance regulations, Seattle, February 4, 1987
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
Image of Handbill promoting the Youth Defense Campaign, Seattle, 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
Image of Black Arts/West presents Ceremonies in Dark Old Men poster, June 1975
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Black Arts/West presents Ceremonies in Dark Old Men poster, June 1975

Black Arts/West was Seattle's first Black theater and functioned as a three component program:, dance, and an art gallery displaying the work of local and national artists. As a division of the Central Area Motivation Program, an anti-poverty agency, it was charged with getting young people involved and learning the necessary skills to survive and flourish in society.This poster advertises…
ID Number:2002.23.3.51.1
Date:1975
Image of The Right to Marry order form, 1996
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The Right to Marry order form, 1996

This flier describes the video "The Right to Marry," a documentary film about the struggle for legal marriage equality for same-sex couples, created by the Partners Task Force for Gay and Lesbian Couples in Seattle and produced and directed by Demian. The bottom of the flier is an order form to purchase a copy of the video.This item is one…
ID Number:2002.23.6.33.1
Date:1996
Image of Crowd watching a performance at the Bumbershoot festival, Seattle, August 27, 1976
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Crowd watching a performance at the Bumbershoot festival, Seattle, August 27, 1976

Since 1971, Bumbershoot has drawn artists representing the best in music, film, comedy, spoken word, dance, theatre, performance, and visual arts to Seattle over Labor Day weekend. North America's largest urban arts festival, Bumbershoot takes place in the heart of the city at the 74-acre Seattle Center. Here, a crowd gathers outside on a sunny day to watch a performance…
ID Number:2002.46.2022.1
Date:1976
Image of Robert L. Scott in booth at KYAC radio station, Seattle, May 1975
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Robert L. Scott in booth at KYAC radio station, Seattle, May 1975

KYAC was the first Black-owned radio station in Seattle, broadcasting from 1965 to 1981 with a focus on playing music by Black artists. In addition to music, KYAC broadcast local news relevant to Seattle’s Black population, ran radio contests, hosted live events for listeners, and engaged in activism in the Black community. Initially, KYAC was owned by a white man.…
ID Number:2002.68.1386.16
Date:1975
Image of Robert L. Scott in booth at KYAC radio station, Seattle, May 1975
Photograph

Robert L. Scott in booth at KYAC radio station, Seattle, May 1975

KYAC was the first Black-owned radio station in Seattle, broadcasting from 1965 to 1981 with a focus on playing music by Black artists. In addition to music, KYAC broadcast local news relevant to Seattle’s Black population, ran radio contests, hosted live events for listeners, and engaged in activism in the Black community. Initially, KYAC was owned by a white man.…
ID Number:2002.68.1386.20
Date:1975
Image of Robert L. Scott in booth at KYAC radio station, Seattle, May 1975
Photograph

Robert L. Scott in booth at KYAC radio station, Seattle, May 1975

KYAC was the first Black-owned radio station in Seattle, broadcasting from 1965 to 1981 with a focus on playing music by Black artists. In addition to music, KYAC broadcast local news relevant to Seattle’s Black population, ran radio contests, hosted live events for listeners, and engaged in activism in the Black community. Initially, KYAC was owned by a white man.…
ID Number:2002.68.1386.22
Date:1975
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