426 results for: Civil Rights
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Map Showing Buildings Along Waterfront Between Marion Street & Yesler Avenue, Seattle, circa 1895
Seattle in the late nineteenth century was a rapidly growing city, aided in no small part by the 1883 connection with the Northern Pacific Railway Company (NPRR). In 1890 the city's population doubled from the previous year to 40,000, boosted by the influx of people who saw opportunity in rebuilding after Seattle's Great Fire. Expansion led to conflicts over the…
ID Number:2019.3.9
Date:Circa 1895
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Seattle (X-1) Sectional Aeronautical Chart, April 14, 1955
Sectional Aeronautical Charts are used by aircraft pilots for navigating with Visual Flight Rules (often noted as VFR). The charts, first published in the 1930s, show important topographical and group features, along with other information such as traffic control areas, airspace classes, radio frequencies, and navigation routes. These charts, now published by the Federal Aviation Administration, were originally produced by…
ID Number:2019.3.16
Date:1955
Poster
Mayor Dore Apologizes poster, Seattle, 1936
Seattle has a long history of labor radicalism dating back into the 19th century. The 1930s saw a new burst of radical labor activism, with large scale strikes and boycotting that strengthened local labor unions representing longshoremen, woodworkers, truck drivers, and machinists. As unions grew in power, so did criticism of many union leaders who utilized heavy-handed methods of recruitment…
ID Number:2019.3.39
Date:1936
Poster
Register Now! poster, Seattle, 1944
The Municipal League of Seattle (now of King County) was founded in 1910 to encourage Progressive reforms. Over the years the organization has supported the creation of a municipal civil service system, spearheaded efforts to reform the King County Charter, established the Municipality of Metropolitan Seattle (known as Metro), funded infrastructure in the region, and promoted disclosure of campaign finances.This…
ID Number:2019.3.40
Date:1944
Audio recording
Oral history interview with Larry Gossett, April 11, 2002
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). Larry Gossett served as a member of the King County Council…
ID Number:2019.35.1.28
Date:2002
Audio recording
Oral history interview with Frank Hanawalt, June 27-July 18, 2002
Interview with Frank Hanawalt (1921-2009), the principal of Garfield High School from 1959-1968, and then principal of Franklin High School. The interview as conducted by Chuck Richards and Rick Nagel for the Speaking of Seattle Oral History Project and took place on June 27 and July 18, 2002. Hanawalt was on the front lines of the city's battles with civil…
ID Number:2019.35.1.32
Date:2002
Videorecording
Oral history interview with Canterbury T. (C.T. or Barry) Hatten, June 25 and October 26, 2002
Interview with Canterbury Theodore (C.T. or Barry) Hatten conducted by Melanie Noel on June 25 and October 26, 2002 for the Speaking of Seattle Oral History Project. Hatten was a Seattle-area lawyer who specialized in unions, civil rights, and criminal law for 50 years before retirement. Hatten was part of the defense team for University of Washington professors during the…
ID Number:2019.35.1.33
Date:2002
Videorecording
Oral history interview with Norm Rice, October 24 and October 31, 2002
Interview with Norm Rice conducted by Gary Saaris on October 24 and 31, 2002, for the Speaking of Seattle Oral History Project. The 49th mayor of Seattle, Rice was Seattle's first Black mayor, serving two terms from 1990 to 1997. Before entering city government, he worked as a reporter at KOMO-TV and KIXI radio and as the Assistant Director of…
ID Number:2019.35.1.55
Date:2002
Videorecording
Oral history interview with Rev. Samuel Berry McKinney, April 21, 2010
Interview with Rev. Samuel Berry McKinney conducted by Marsha King at KCTS Studios in Seattle for the Experienced Leaders Oral History Project in April 2010. Rev. McKinney was a Baptist minister, author, and civil rights advocate. He served as the pastor of Mount Zion Baptist Church, one of the largest and oldest Black churches in the Pacific Northwest from 1958…
ID Number:2019.35.16.11
Date:2010
Ephemera
Rally Against Hate / No on Nine flier, 1992
Gay rights activists held a “Rally Against Hate” at Westlake Plaza in Seattle on October 27, 1992. The event protested Oregon's Measure 9, an initiative by the conservative activist organization Oregon Citizen’s Alliance (OCA) to prevent “special rights” for LGBT people by amending the state constitution. The proposed new provision equated homosexuality with pedophilia, sadism and masochism, and as “abnormal,…
ID Number:2019.69.31.1
Date:1992