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Image of Harish Bharti and family in front of their home, May 24, 1990
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Harish Bharti and family in front of their home, May 24, 1990

Harish Bharti is a Seattle trial lawyer who practiced law in India before joining the Seattle firm of Felix, Zimmar and Smith in 1994. Bharti prosecuted the famous 2001 class action lawsuit against McDonald's, on behalf of vegetarians and Hindus, for their inclusion of beef flavoring in their french fries. As of 2019, Bharti Law Group in Seattle focuses on…
ID Number:2000.107.021.16.02
Date:1990
Image of Mark Cook giving an interview at Walla Walla State Penitentiary, January 1978
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Mark Cook giving an interview at Walla Walla State Penitentiary, January 1978

Mark Edwin Cook (b. 1936) was born in Seattle and grew up in the Seattle's Central Area. First arrested at age 17, Cook was in and out of prison for petty crimes until 1973. After his release, he became involved with the George Jackson Brigade, a small revolutionary group in Seattle that committed mostly property crimes to draw attention to…
ID Number:2000.107.041.03.01
Date:1978
Image of Franklin High School sit-in defendants arriving at court, April 5, 1968
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Franklin High School sit-in defendants arriving at court, April 5, 1968

In March of 1968 two Black students, cousins Charles Oliver and Trolice Flavors, where suspended from Seattle's Franklin High School after an altercation with a white student, who was not reprimanded. Franklin's outraged Black students, with the help of UW Black Student Union (BSU) activists Carl Miller, Aaron Dixon, and Larry Gossett, planned a peaceful demonstration at the school to…
ID Number:2000.107.049.31.01
Date:1968
Image of Cindy Domingo and Terri Mast at press conference, September 6, 1990
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Cindy Domingo and Terri Mast at press conference, September 6, 1990

Cindy Domingo (b. 1953) is a longtime community activist in Seattle. She was active in the Union of Democratic Filipinos (KDP), the Washington State Rainbow Coalition, the Committee for Justice for Domingo and Viernes (CJDV), the Center for Social Justice, and organized Seattle International Women’s Day events. Domingo also created the U.S. Women & Cuba Collaboration after attending the 1995…
ID Number:2000.107.050.32.02
Date:1990
Image of Cindy Domingo and supporter after verdict in Marcos trial, Seattle,  December 15, 1989
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Cindy Domingo and supporter after verdict in Marcos trial, Seattle, December 15, 1989

Cindy Domingo (b. 1953) is a longtime community activist in Seattle. She was active in the Union of Democratic Filipinos (KDP), the Washington State Rainbow Coalition, the Committee for Justice for Domingo and Viernes (CJDV), the Center for Social Justice, and organized Seattle International Women’s Day events. Domingo also created the U.S. Women & Cuba Collaboration after attending the 1995…
ID Number:2000.107.050.32.03
Date:1989
Image of Larry Gossett commemorating Attica prison riot, Seattle, September 9, 1974
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Larry Gossett commemorating Attica prison riot, Seattle, September 9, 1974

Larry Gossett (1945-) was born and raised in Seattle, and by the late 1960s was one of Seattle’s best known young Black radicals. In 1967 he was active in Seattle’s Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), and in 1968 he co-founded the University of Washington Black Student Union (UW BSU). Gossett developed a close relationship with other activists for racial justice,…
ID Number:2000.107.077.01.03
Date:1974
Image of Dick Gregory at Thurston County Superior Court, Olympia, November 20, 1966
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Dick Gregory at Thurston County Superior Court, Olympia, November 20, 1966

Richard Claxton "Dick" Gregory (1932-) is an American comedian and civil rights activist, who helped call attention to Washington State laws restricting Native American rights. The "fish wars," as they were known at the time, led to the Boldt Decision, a federal ruling guaranteeing Washington tribes half the state's salmon and catch.In this image Dick Gregory, left, followed by Mad…
ID Number:2000.107.079.07.01
Date:1966
Image of Portrait of Gordon K. Hirabayashi, Seattle, July 1, 1944
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Portrait of Gordon K. Hirabayashi, Seattle, July 1, 1944

Gordon Hirabayashi (1918-2012) was a sociologist and religious pacifist best known for his principled resistance to the incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II, and the Supreme Court case that resulted from his conviction for defying curfew, Hirabayashi v. United States.Gordon Hirabayashi was born in Seattle, attended high school in Auburn, and then the University of Washington. In 1942,…
ID Number:2000.107.089.13.01
Date:1944
Image of Semu and Mad Bear in courthouse, Olympia, November 28, 1966
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Semu and Mad Bear in courthouse, Olympia, November 28, 1966

Richard Claxton "Dick" Gregory (1932-2017) was an American comedian and civil rights activist who helped call attention to Washington State laws restricting Native American rights. The "fish wars" as they were known at the time, led to the Boldt Decision, a federal ruling guaranteeing Washington tribes half the state's salmon and steelhead trout catch.In this image Mad Bear, right, an…
ID Number:2000.107.095.30.01
Date:1966
Image of Elaine Ko speaking at press conference, Seattle, August 5, 1982
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Elaine Ko speaking at press conference, Seattle, August 5, 1982

Elaine Ko (b. 1954) is a community activist in Seattle who has worked for decades on behalf of the Asian and Pacific Islander community, immigrants, refugees, women, and victims of domestic violence in the Puget Sound area. In 2006, Ko succeeded Bob Santos as Executive Director of the Inter*Im Community Development Association in Seattle's Chinatown - International District (previously the…
ID Number:2000.107.107.16.01
Date:1982
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