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Charles Johnson in his UW English Department office, Seattle, November 13, 1990
Charles Richard Johnson (b. 1948) was born in 1948 in Evanston, Illinois. He first came to prominence in the 1960s as a political cartoonist and illustrator.Johnson received a B.S. in journalism in 1971, an M.A. in philosophy in 1973, and a Ph.D. in philosophy in 1988. As a novelist, Johnson stated that his goal was to contribute to and enrich…
ID Number:2000.107.099.31.02
Date:1990
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Quincy Jones with Garfield High School Students, Seattle, November 15, 1982
Quincy Delight Jones, Jr. (1933-2024), musician, composer, producer, entrepreneur and humanitarian, was born in Chicago, and moved to Washington state as a child, attending Garfield High School in Seattle. Jones had discovered music when he was 12 and became more deeply involved in high school, developing his skills as a trumpeter and arranger, and playing in bands with Garfield classmates.…
ID Number:2000.107.101.11.01
Date:1982
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Marjorie Jones and Helen Dorman planning for UW garden party, Seattle, July 18, 1941
Marjorie (Macklen) Jones (1892-1987) was a prominent social services activist in Seattle, and was married to Robert M. Jones (1882-1954), a long-time King County Superior Court judge. Ms. Jones was named to the state's first committee on aging in the 1930s, established the statewide Friendly Visiting Service to help the elderly, and organized day care for women who went to…
ID Number:2000.107.101.12.03
Date:1941
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Provisional Junior League members assessing students during a reading clinic, Seattle, April 1970
For more than a century, Junior League members have confronted society’s most pressing issues and tackled its toughest problems, leaving an unrivaled legacy of reform. Since its inception in 1923, members of the Junior League of Seattle (JLS) have worked to improve our community through mission-driven projects and hands-on work with many community partners. To join the JLS, women first…
ID Number:2000.107.101.36.02
Date:1970
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Provisional Junior League members with hand puppets, Seattle, April 1970
For more than a century, Junior League members have confronted society’s most pressing issues and tackled its toughest problems, leaving an unrivaled legacy of reform. Since its inception in 1923, members of the Junior League of Seattle (JLS) have worked to improve our community through mission-driven projects and hands-on work with many community partners.To join the JLS, women first became…
ID Number:2000.107.101.36.03
Date:1970
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James Kelly speaking at press conference at Mt. Zion Baptist Church, Seattle, December 5, 1988
James Kelly came to Seattle from his native Illinois in 1976, and received a Masters degree in Social Work from the University of Washington in 1980. Kelly worked as an investigator for Washington State Child Protective Services, and in the Seattle City Attorney’s Office, before being appointed by Governor Booth Gardner to head the newly created Commission on African-American Affairs…
ID Number:2000.107.103.19.01
Date:1988
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Aki Kurose, Seattle, 1992
Akiko “Aki” Kurose (1925-1998) was a peace activist and teacher in Seattle. She was Nisei, a second generation Japanese American. When Japanese Americans were forcibly removed from the West Coast, Kurose and her family were sent to the temporary detention center in Puyallup, then the Minidoka concentration camp. Kurose returned to Seattle in 1950 and soon became active in movements…
ID Number:2000.107.108.24.01
Date:1992
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Laverne Lane, December 3, 1971
This photo shows Laverne Lane, a Seattle University (SU) junior who was the Indian-Chicano coordinator for ethnic cultural activities at SU. Part of her job was recruiting Native students for the university from reservation high schools. Lane grew up on the Lummi reservation in Bellingham and had first hand experience of the problems that Native students from a reservation faced…
ID Number:2000.107.110.02.01
Date:1971
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Roberto Maestas and Estela Ortega being married at Beacon Hill School, December 1972
Roberto Felipe Maestas (1938-2010) was a Mexican American activist in Seattle. He became involved in civil rights and antiwar protests in the late 1960s and in 1972 he led the occupation of the old Beacon Hill School, leading to the founding of the Chicano community center El Centro de la Raza, which Maestas led until 2009. Estela Ortega (b. 1950)…
ID Number:2000.107.117.04.07
Date:1972
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Portrait of Rickie Malone, Seattle, August 9, 1975
Rickie Malone has been teaching and advocating for children in Seattle Public Schools since the 1970s. Graduating from Seattle Central Community College (now Seattle Central College), Malone first taught second and third graders at Colman Elementary School, then taught fourth and fifth grade at the African American Academy when it opened in 1991. She retired as the Academy's principal in…
ID Number:2000.107.117.34.01
Date:1975