513 results for: Protests and Demonstrations
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Draft resistance flier, Seattle, 1968
Though protest to conscription has been a feature of all American wars, draft resistance and draft evasion reached a historic peak during the Vietnam War. Draft Resistance-Seattle (DR), the local chapter of a larger national network, worked at Seattle colleges and high schools, alongside other antiwar groups, to organize young men eligible for military service to delay their induction. This…
ID Number:2002.23.3.1b.1
Date:1968
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Seattle Liberation Front Program for Action, circa 1970
The Seattle Liberation Front (SLF), organized by University of Washington professor Michael Lerner in January 1970, was a short-lived radical organization arising out of the student movements of the 1960s. The group became famous when conspiracy charges against seven of its members were filed in connection with a protest at the Federal Courthouse in downtown Seattle. On February 17, over…
ID Number:2002.23.3.4b.1
Date:1970
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Flier for Union of Sexual Minorities picket line, October 14, 1975
The flier pictured here gives detailed information to participants about a planned picket line outside Seattle's Public Safety Building to protest the "refusal of the police to begin to adequately protect the lives of gay people from assault on the streets." The event was sponsored by the Union of Sexual Minorities, an organization dedicated to raising awareness around issues related…
ID Number:2002.23.3.53.1
Date:1975
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"People's Blockade" poster, Seattle, 1972
During the summer of 1972, the Seattle-based People’s Blockade Coalition organized numerous protests to block U.S. Navy ammunition ships headed to Vietnam. The vessels, sailing from the ammunition depot at Bangor, on the Kitsap Peninsula, had to pass through the Hood Canal Bridge. Sections of this floating bridge had to slide open for boats of all sizes, and protesters used…
ID Number:2002.23.3.61.1.1
Date:1972
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Poster for demonstration in Philadelphial, July 4, 1976
In the 1970s, several anti-war and anti-capitalist student protest movements coalesced into the Revolutionary Student Brigade. Nationwide, a number of universities, including the University of Washington, had Brigade chapters. As the 1976 Bicentennial of the signing of the Declaration of Independence approached, Brigade chapters urged members to travel to Philadelphia for marches and demonstrations. This UW poster strongly states the…
ID Number:2002.23.3.62.1
Date:1976
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Women's Fight for the Equal Rights Amendment flier, November 1976
The Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) would have amended the US Constitution to guarantee equal rights under the law regardless of sex. It was passed by both houses of Congress in 1972 but was not ratified by enough states before the deadline set by Congress. As a result, it was not added to the Constitution, but it has been reintroduced in…
ID Number:2002.23.3.68.1
Date:1976
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March for Women's Rights flier, Seattle, August 26, 1978
Women's Equality Day, celebrated in the U.S. on August 26, commemorates the 1920 adoption of the Nineteenth Amendment, granting women the right to vote. First celebrated in 1973, the day is proclaimed each year by the United States President, and marked by celebrations, as well as protests and marches.This flier advertises the August 26, 1978 Women's Rights March in Seattle,…
ID Number:2002.23.3.99.1
Date:1978
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International Day of Solidarity with Native American Political Prisoners flier, Seattle, February 10, 1978
This poster advertises an "International Day of Solidarity with Native American Political Prisoners" in Seattle, with a march from the Federal Courthouse at 5th and Spring to a rally at the First Methodist Church at 5th and Marion. The rally included speeches by Native activists including Yvonne Wanrow, a member of the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation known for…
ID Number:2002.23.3.106.1
Date:1978
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ERA march and rally poster, Seattle, August 23, 1980
The Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) was introduced in the U. S. Congress for the first time in 1923 and has prompted conversations about the meaning of equality for women and men ever since. With the rise of the women's movement in the 1960s, the ERA garnered increasing support, was reintroduced to Congress in 1972, and was submitted to the state…
ID Number:2002.23.4.24.1
Date:1980
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Nelson Mandela's Birthday March flier, 1986
This flier advertises a march to celebrate Nelson Mandela’s birthday in 1986 and to protest his imprisonment by the apartheid regime in South Africa. Mandela was freed in 1990 and in 1994 he was elected President of South Africa in its first post-apartheid election. The march started at the South African consulate near Madison Park and ended at the Colman…
ID Number:2002.23.4.76.1
Date:1986