1183 results for: Black/African American
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UCWA leaders at head of march at Seattle Central Community College, June 7, 1972
A 1970 federal court order established minority hiring percentages for construction unions. Two years later, the United Construction Workers Association (UCWA), a minority group, protested Seattle’s ongoing non-compliance with the order. In early June, they closed down a number of construction sites around Seattle. Despite a temporary restraining order from the King County Superior Court, UCWA members gathered June 7…
ID Number:2000.107.19720608.2.31
Date:1972
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Tyree Scott being arrested at UCWA protest at Seattle Central Community College, June 7, 1972
A 1970 federal court order established minority hiring percentages for construction unions. Two years later, the United Construction Workers Association (UCWA), a minority group, protested Seattle’s ongoing non-compliance with the order. In early June, they closed down a number of construction sites around Seattle. Despite a temporary restraining order from the King County Superior Court, UCWA members gathered on June…
ID Number:2000.107.19720608.2.36
Date:1972
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People at preview of Black Arts/West production of "Black Girl," Seattle, March 22, 1973
Black Arts/West was Seattle's first Black theater and functioned as a three component program: theater, dance, and an art gallery displaying the work of local and national artists. Founded by Douglas Q. Barnett (1931-2019) in 1969, Black Arts/West evolved out of the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s. As a division of the Central Area Motivation Program (CAMP), an anti-poverty…
ID Number:2000.107.19730322.2.14A
Date:1973
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People at preview of Black Arts/West production of "Black Girl," Seattle, March 22, 1973
Black Arts/West was Seattle's first Black theater and functioned as a three component program: theater, dance, and an art gallery displaying the work of local and national artists. Founded by Douglas Q. Barnett (1931-2019) in 1969, Black Arts/West evolved out of the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s. As a division of the Central Area Motivation Program (CAMP), an anti-poverty…
ID Number:2000.107.19730322.2.15A
Date:1973
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Alfred E. Cowles at his desk, Seattle, March 30, 1973
Alfred E. Cowles was appointed to the Seattle School Board in May 1969 representing a new district covering the Central Area. Later that year he was elected to keep his seat, becoming the first Black man elected to the Board. He served on the Board until 1973, when he moved to Washington, D.C. to lead the Center for Dispute Settlement,…
ID Number:2000.107.19730330.1.14
Date:1973
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Children playing at day camp at Sand Point, August 1, 1973
In 1973 a free week-long day camp, sponsored by the Seattle Mayor's Youth Division and run by UW students, provided summer recreation for hundreds of economically disadvantaged Seattle children. At the camp, headquartered at the deactivated Sand Point Naval Air Station, the children got lots of active outdoor play, attended classes in drama and art, and went on field trips.…
ID Number:2000.107.19730801.1.14
Date:1973
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Cleveland High School African Ensemble dancing at Colman Elementary School, Seattle, January 14, 1974
Seattle schools were closed on January 15, 1974, for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day, but they held commemorations of his achievements and presentations of African culture on the previous day. Here, in one of the 1974 programs, Cleveland High School’s African Ensemble dances for students at Colman Elementary school. Caption information source: “Dr. King Honored; Schools Closed Today”, Seattle…
ID Number:2000.107.19740114.3.25A
Date:1974
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League of Women Voters members speaking to Representative Peggy Joan Maxie, Olympia, January 1974
In January 1974, a group of about 90 members of the Seattle chapter of the League of Women Voters (LWV) made their annual trip to Olympia to sit in on sessions of the Washington House of Representatives and Senate. They also spoke to Governor Dan Evans and met with several legislators representing their districts. The League members' highest priorities were…
ID Number:2000.107.19740129.1.25A
Date:1974
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Congregation at Mount Zion Baptist Church after murder of Alberta Williams King, Seattle, June 30, 1974
Alberta Williams King (1904-1974) was an activist, organist, and the mother of martyred civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929-1968). She organized and led the Ebenezer Women's Committee at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, where her husband and son were pastors, and was active in the NAACP, the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, and the YWCA. On…
ID Number:2000.107.19740630.1.17A
Date:1974
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Jacob Lawrence at Seattle Art Museum, December 15, 1974
Painter Jacob Lawrence (1917-2000) was known for his portrayal of the African-American experience, using blacks and browns juxtaposed with vivid colors. Lawrence referred to his style as "dynamic cubism," though by his own account the primary influence was not so much French art as the shapes and colors of Harlem. Lawrence also taught, and spent 15 years as a professor…
ID Number:2000.107.19741215.1.10
Date:1974