518 results for: Protests and Demonstrations
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Flier promoting Indian resistance, Seattle, October 14, 1975
The celebration of Columbus Day has focused the strong opposition from American Indigenous Peoples protesting the intrusion of Europeans onto their lands. In October 1975, the Survival of American Indian Association called for a teach-in, and a Columbus Day picket line, demonstration, and rally in downtown Seattle. The group’s four-page flier includes an 1812 quotation from Shawnee leader Tecumseh and…
ID Number:2002.23.1.34.1
Date:1975
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Demonstration to implement Vietnam War peace agreements flier, February 1, 1975
This flier from late January 1975 calls for a demonstration at Cowen Park near the University of Washington in support of the Vietnam War peace agreements. The flier demands to "End all aid to Thieu and Lon Nol!," referring to Cambodia’s Lon Nol and South Vietnam’s Nguyễn Văn Thiệu, who were leading fighting against communist forces. The protest was co-sponsored…
ID Number:2002.23.1.35.2
Date:1975
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Flier protesting displacement of low-income renters, Seattle, September 29, 1974
In September 1974, low-income tenants living in three old houses in Seattle’s Cascade neighborhood received eviction notices. The owner had requested that the city rezone the properties on Minor Avenue N. for manufacturing. On September 29, some 75 people listened as speakers protested the rezoning and evictions. The Cascade Community Council organized the protest and also initiated the Cascade Shelter…
ID Number:2002.23.1.37.1
Date:1974
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"Lift martial law, hold immediate elections" poster, September 1976
This poster promotes a rally against the authoritarian regime of Philippine president Ferdinand Marcos, held on September 19, 1976 at the Jefferson Park Recreation Center. The event was held nearly four years after Marcos' declaration of martial law in the Philippines, and calls for immediate elections and an end to martial law. The poster celebrates the Philippine political tradition of…
ID Number:2002.23.1.37.2.2
Date:1976
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Leaflet for trial of the Seattle Seven, November 16, 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.Seventy-five…
ID Number:2002.23.1.41.1
Date:1970
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MEChA rally poster, May 1977
The activist Chicano student organization MEChA (Movimiento Estudiantil Chicanx de Aztlan) was founded in Santa Barbara, California, in 1969, and was active at high schools and colleges for 50 years. MEChA worked to promote Chicanx culture, advocated for Chicano Studies programs, faculty, and staff, and fought for social justice. In 2019, MEChA student leaders voted to drop the words "Chicano"…
ID Number:2002.23.1.43.2
Date:1977
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Support Indian Fishing Rights flier, October 1, 1978
In the 1960s, Native Americans and their supporters in the Pacific Northwest began protesting laws that restricted Native American fishing rights. Various groups held protests and peaceful demonstrations, known collectively as the "fish wars" or "fish-ins," until court rulings in the 1970s guaranteed tribes the right to fish in the accustomed places as they had for hundreds of years.This flier…
ID Number:2002.23.1.49.1
Date:1978
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"Philippine Consul Importing Martial Law?" poster, May 1978
This poster denounces president Ferdinand Marcos of the Philippines for using violence and repression to contain protests against his government. Legislative elections in the Philippines led to a massive public protest the day before the election, which Marcos responded to with mass arrests, torture, and burning a worker's settlement. In response to the violence, anti-Marcos protests erupted across the US,…
ID Number:2002.23.1.49.3.3
Date:1978
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Rally to protest Iranian student deportation flier, Seattle, November 28, 1979
On November 4, 1979, during the Iranian Revolution, a group of Iranian college students invaded the American embassy in Teheran to protest the visit of Iran’s deposed shah to the United States for medical treatment. They captured 66 Americans and held many of them hostage for 444 days. Among the measures used to pressure the Iranian government to release the…
ID Number:2002.23.1.54.1
Date:1979
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Flier for march and rally to protest proposed immigration bill, May 8, 1982
In the spring of 1982, the US Congress was debating passage of the Omnibus Immigration Control Act. The purpose of the proposed law was to limit the number of immigrants who could enter the country legally, including those coming to join their families. This flIer promotes the march and rally held in Seattle on May 8, 1982 by a coalition…
ID Number:2002.23.1.75.3
Date:1982