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Image of Dr. Ralph Bunche and others at Chamber of Commerce, Seattle, July 7, 1949
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Dr. Ralph Bunche and others at Chamber of Commerce, Seattle, July 7, 1949

Dr. Ralph Bunche was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his work as a United Nations mediator in Palestine during the 1948 conflict between the Arabs and Jews. He was the first African American to receive the prize. Dr. Bunche (1904-1971) said mediators "should be biased against suspicion, intolerance, hate, religious and racial bigotry."In this image, five people stand around…
ID Number:2014.49.010.011.0019
Date:1949
Image of Letcher Yarbrough standing with Thurgood Marshall, Seattle, February 9, 1947
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Letcher Yarbrough standing with Thurgood Marshall, Seattle, February 9, 1947

Letcher L. Yarbrough (1908-1992) was a civil rights activist in Seattle, serving as president of the Seattle branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in the mid-1940s, and later as state president. Yarbrough was active in many civil/human rights organizations and committees, including the National Conference of Christians and Jews, Seattle Army Terminal Standing Grievance…
ID Number:2014.49.010.060.0120
Date:1947
Image of Thurgood Marshall standing at lectern, Seattle, March 1947
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Thurgood Marshall standing at lectern, Seattle, March 1947

Here, Thurgood Marshall stands at a lectern at Mount Zion Baptist Church on 19th Avenue and East Madison Street in Seattle's Central District neighborhood, during a 1947 visit to Seattle. A few year earlier Marshall, a lawyer, founded and became the executive director of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund. He would go on to become the first African…
ID Number:2014.49.010.060.0195
Date:1947
Image of Thurgood Marshall with NAACP members at  Mount Zion Baptist Church, Seattle, 1947
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Thurgood Marshall with NAACP members at Mount Zion Baptist Church, Seattle, 1947

In 1947 Thurgood Marshall came to Seattle to address members of the local chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). The event was held on Sunday, March 16, at Mount Zion Baptist Church on 19th Avenue and East Madison Street in Seattle's Central District neighborhood. A few years earlier, Marshall founded and became the executive…
ID Number:2014.49.013.031.0267
Date:1947
Image of Souvenir photo folder from the  Black & Tan Club, Seattle, circa 1945
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Souvenir photo folder from the Black & Tan Club, Seattle, circa 1945

Seattle's Jackson Street jazz clubs flourished from World War II up until the early 1960s, when the Civil Rights movement broke down barriers barring African Americans from living and working in the larger community. Seattle-born photographer Albert J. "Al" Smith, Sr. (1916-2008) was a familiar figure in the clubs, often taking pictures of patrons and friends, then returning the following…
ID Number:2014.49.13.05.01
Date:Circa 1945
Image of Souvenir photo folder from the Basin Street Club, Seattle, circa 1945
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Souvenir photo folder from the Basin Street Club, Seattle, circa 1945

Seattle's Jackson Street jazz clubs flourished from World War II up until the early 1960s, when the Civil Rights movement broke down barriers barring African Americans from living and working in the larger community. Seattle-born photographer Albert J. "Al" Smith, Sr. (1916-2008) was a familiar figure in the clubs, often taking pictures of patrons and friends, then returning the following…
ID Number:2014.49.13.05.02
Date:Circa 1945
Image of Hiram Gale saluting parade, Seattle, April 3, 1948
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Hiram Gale saluting parade, Seattle, April 3, 1948

Hiram Gale, Seattle's last living Civil War veteran, salutes a passing parade from the front of a bunting-decorated viewing stand. He is joined by several other unidentified dignitaries to watch the Heritage Week kickoff parade in front of the U. S. Post Office on Third Avenue near Union Street.
ID Number:2014.49.014.014.0019
Date:1948
Image of Ola Browning speaking at fashion show, Seattle, circa 1953
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Ola Browning speaking at fashion show, Seattle, circa 1953

In the 1950s, Seattle community and civil rights leader Ola Browning served on the Washington State Board Against Discrimination, and in 1959 brought Washington's first wrongful discrimination case. Here, Ola Browning speaks at a podium at a Seattle fashion show, with a jazz band visible behind her. Judging by the name "Bumps" on the stands, this may be Bumps Blackwell's…
ID Number:2014.49.014.017.0027
Date:Circa 1953
Image of Group of Beni Hassan shrine members outside Gideon's Drugstore, Seattle, circa 1950
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Group of Beni Hassan shrine members outside Gideon's Drugstore, Seattle, circa 1950

In addition to his jazz club images, Seattle photographer Al Smith took many photos of family, friends, and other local people in their everyday lives. Here, he photographed a group of men outside Gideon’s Drugstore in the Central Area, at the intersection of 22nd Avenue, Denny Way, and Madison Street. The drugstore was opened by Russell Gideon (1904-1985), a leader…
ID Number:2014.49.15.028.01
Date:Circa 1950
Image of Larry Gossett entering police van at  protest at the South African consulate, Seattle, December 9, 1984
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Larry Gossett entering police van at protest at the South African consulate, Seattle, December 9, 1984

Beginning in October 1984, demonstrations were held outside the home of the honorary South African consul in Seattle’s Madison Park neighborhood to protest the South African government's polices of racial segregation known as apartheid. In this image, Seattle civil-rights activist and community organizer Larry Gossett, wrists zip tied, steps into a police van. He and 22 others were arrested for…
ID Number:2014.49.033.057.03
Date:1984
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