770 results for: Activism
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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:2000.107.153.20.03
Date: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
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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
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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
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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