80 results for: Greater Seattle, Inc.
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Lê Quốc Thân leaping off the porch of his foster home, Renton, April 8, 1975
In April 1975, shortly before the end of the Vietnam War, several thousand Vietnamese children were brought to the US to be adopted. Many found foster families in the greater Seattle area.Some of the children in the program were biracial, with one American parent. This was the case for Lê Quốc Thân, whose Vietnamese mother took him to the Holt…
ID Number:2000.107.220.19.05
Date:1975
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Re'Gena Bell filing paperwork as City Council candidate, Seattle, July 26, 1993
Re’Gena Bell (now Re’Gena Bell-Roberts) grew up in Pasco, Washington, and attended the University of Washington, majoring in drama. As a student, she performed in productions with Black Arts West, and her original play “Eclipse” was produced by Black Arts West in April 1975. The play won Bell a Rockefeller playwright-in-residence grant. Bell was a junior at UW when she…
ID Number:2000.107.19930726.1.27
Date:1993
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Re'Gena Bell in line to file as City Council candidate, Seattle, July 26, 1993
Re’Gena Bell (now Re’Gena Bell-Roberts) grew up in Pasco, Washington, and attended the University of Washington, majoring in drama. As a student, she performed in productions with Black Arts West, and her original play “Eclipse” was produced by Black Arts West in April 1975. The play won Bell a Rockefeller playwright-in-residence grant. Bell was a junior at UW when she…
ID Number:2000.107.19930726.1.32
Date:1993
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Demonstrators protesting China's human rights record prior to APEC conference, Seattle, November 19, 1993
The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation conference (APEC) was founded in 1989 as an informal dialog group with limited participation by ministers and cabinet-level officials in the Asian-Pacific region, and rose to world prominence in Seattle in 1993 when President Clinton endorsed the organization and used it for what is now an annual summit meeting of Asian and Pacific leaders. The group…
ID Number:2000.107.19931119.4.14
Date:1993
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William Gray, head of the United Negro College Fund, at Microsoft, October 26, 1995
William H. Gray III (1941-2013) was a community activist, Baptist minister, and politician. Gray's activism started in 1970 when he successfully sued a landlord who refused to rent to him because of his race. In 1972, Gray returned to his hometown of Philadelphia and became the minister at Bright Hope Church, like his father and grandfather before him. Gray was…
ID Number:2000.107.19951026.3.19
Date:1995
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Nelson Mandela speaking at global health forum, Seattle, December 9, 1999
Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (1918-2013) became South Africa’s first Black president in 1994, in the country’s first fully democratic election. His election came after a long struggle against the apartheid system of racial segregation in South Africa, in which Mandela played a key role and during which he was imprisoned for 27 years.In December 1999, Nelson Mandela and his wife Graça…
ID Number:2000.107.19991209.2.23
Date:1999
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De'Andra Charleston at the Magic Dragon fast-food restaurant, Seattle, January 16, 2003
The Urban Enterprise Center, a non-profit program of the Greater Seattle Chamber of Commerce founded in 1933, worked with various organizations to create jobs, develop businesses, and improve racial understanding in south Seattle neighborhoods. By its 10-year anniversary in 2003, its successes included the placement of 7200 people in living wage jobs, $8 million in loans to small businesses, and…
ID Number:2000.107.20030116.CD02.01.001
Date:2003
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Owner Jae Oh waiting on customers at Magic Garden Chinese Eatery, Seattle, January 16, 2003
The Urban Enterprise Center, a non-profit program of the Greater Seattle Chamber of Commerce founded in 1933, worked with various organizations to create jobs, develop businesses, and improve racial understanding in south Seattle neighborhoods. By its 10-year anniversary in 2003, its successes included the placement of 7200 people in living wage jobs, $8 million in loans to small businesses, and…
ID Number:2000.107.20030116.CD02.01.002
Date:2003
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Anti-war protesters marching on Broadway, Seattle, January 17, 2003
In early 2003, the U.S. intensified its military presence in the Persian Gulf in preparation for a potential invasion of Iraq. Throughout the weekend prior to the Martin Luther King, Jr. memorial holiday, many communities around the nation planned memorials and peace marches to recognize both events.About 2,500 peace proponents in Seattle participated in a candlelight procession along Broadway in…
ID Number:2000.107.20030117.CD02.001
Date:2003
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Anti-war protesters marching on Broadway, Seattle, January 17, 2003
In early 2003, the U.S. intensified its military presence in the Persian Gulf in preparation for a potential invasion of Iraq. Throughout the weekend prior to the Martin Luther King, Jr. memorial holiday, many communities around the nation planned memorials and peace marches to recognize both events.About 2,500 peace proponents in Seattle participated in a candlelight procession along Broadway in…
ID Number:2000.107.20030117.CD02.002
Date:2003