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Image of Friends of the Market protest at the Arcade Plaza building, Seattle,  February 11, 1971
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Friends of the Market protest at the Arcade Plaza building, Seattle, February 11, 1971

This photograph shows Friends of the Market picketers in front of the Housing and Urban Development (HUD) offices in the Arcade Plaza Building at 2nd Avenue and Union Street. At the time, HUD was reviewing Seattle's application for the Pike Plaza development, and would be the funding agency if the application was approved. Protesters sought to stop the project and…
ID Number:2000.107.153.16.02
Date:1971
Image of Bernie Whitebear drumming at Wounded Knee support rally, Seattle, March 24, 1973
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Bernie Whitebear drumming at Wounded Knee support rally, Seattle, March 24, 1973

In this image, local American Indian activist Bernie Whitebear beats on a drum at a Pioneer Square rally in support of Native people occupying Wounded Knee, South Dakota. According the caption in the Seattle P-I, Whitebear also urged support for "all other Indian struggles throughout the nation." Caption information derived from captions written by Post-Intelligencer staff and attached to the…
ID Number:2000.107.153.17.01
Date:1973
Image of Trisha Marymoon protesting at Federal Building, Seattle, August 6, 1976
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Trisha Marymoon protesting at Federal Building, Seattle, August 6, 1976

In this image, Seattle police Sgt. F.J. Johnson looks on as Trisha Marymoon of Vancouver, B.C., dressed in white and soaked with blood, sits inside a metal cage in front of the Federal Office Building at 915 2nd Avenue. The artist was marking the 31st anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima and protesting the building of the Trident submarine at…
ID Number:2000.107.153.18.01
Date:1976
Image of Anti-war protesters outside Boeing headquarters, Seattle, May 1, 1970
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Anti-war protesters outside Boeing headquarters, Seattle, May 1, 1970

On the evening of April 30, 1970, President Richard Nixon informed the nation that U.S. forces were expanding the Vietnam War into Cambodia. Over the following days, protests and strikes against this move erupted at colleges and in cities throughout the country. In Seattle, the University of Washington Student Mobilization Committee got a permit for a march from the U.S.…
ID Number:2000.107.153.20.01
Date:1970
Image of Anti-war demonstrator detained, Seattle, May 1, 1970
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Anti-war demonstrator detained, Seattle, May 1, 1970

On the evening of April 30, 1970, President Richard Nixon informed the nation that U.S. forces were expanding the Vietnam War into Cambodia. Over the following days, protests and strikes against this move erupted at colleges and in cities throughout the country. In Seattle, the University of Washington Student Mobilization Committee got a permit for a march from the U.S.…
ID Number:2000.107.153.20.02
Date:1970
Image of Anti-war protesters outside Boeing headquarters, Seattle, May 1, 1970
Photograph

Anti-war protesters outside Boeing headquarters, Seattle, May 1, 1970

On the evening of April 30, 1970, President Richard Nixon informed the nation that U.S. forces were expanding the Vietnam War into Cambodia. Over the following days, protests and strikes against this move erupted at colleges and in cities throughout the country. In Seattle, the University of Washington Student Mobilization Committee got a permit for a march from the U.S.…
ID Number:2000.107.153.20.03
Date:1970
Image of Anti-war protesters leaving Boeing headquarters, May 1, 1970
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Anti-war protesters leaving Boeing headquarters, May 1, 1970

On the evening of April 30, 1970, President Richard Nixon informed the nation that U.S. forces were expanding the Vietnam War into Cambodia. Over the following days, protests and strikes against this move erupted at colleges and in cities throughout the country. In Seattle, the University of Washington Student Mobilization Committee got a permit for a march from the U.S.…
ID Number:2000.107.153.20.04
Date:1970
Image of Anti-war protest in downtown Seattle, May 1, 1970
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Anti-war protest in downtown Seattle, May 1, 1970

On the evening of April 30, 1970, President Richard Nixon informed the nation that U.S. forces were expanding the Vietnam War into Cambodia. Over the following days, protests and strikes against this move erupted at colleges and in cities throughout the country. In Seattle, the University of Washington Student Mobilization Committee got a permit for a march from the U.S.…
ID Number:2000.107.153.21.01
Date:1970
Image of Police and demonstrators on 5th Ave, Seattle, February 17, 1970
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Police and demonstrators on 5th Ave, Seattle, February 17, 1970

In February 1970, members of the Chicago Seven were sentenced on contempt charges stemming from riots at the 1968 Democratic Convention. Demonstrations took place in numerous cities. The Seattle Liberation Front (SLF) called for protests in downtown Seattle. On February 17, over 2000 demonstrators carried on running battles with the police, breaking windows in the U.S. Courthouse and downtown businesses.…
ID Number:2000.107.153.22.01.32
Date:1970
Image of Demonstrators on Fifth Avenue, Seattle, February 17, 1970
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Demonstrators on Fifth Avenue, Seattle, February 17, 1970

In February 1970, members of the Chicago Seven were sentenced on contempt charges stemming from riots at the 1968 Democratic Convention. Demonstrations took place in numerous cities. The Seattle Liberation Front (SLF) called for protests in downtown Seattle. On February 17, over 2000 demonstrators carried on running battles with the police, breaking windows in the U.S. Courthouse and downtown businesses.…
ID Number:2000.107.153.22.05.20
Date:1970
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