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Rickie Malone teaching at African American Academy, Seattle, September 5, 1991
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 2nd and 3rd graders at Colman Elementary School, then taught 4th and 5th grade at the African American Academy when it opened in 1991. She retired as the Academy's principal in…
ID Number:2000.107.117.34.02
Date:1991
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Louise McKinney outside John Hay Elementary, Seattle, August 26, 1983
Louise Jones McKinney (1930-2012) was a longtime educator, philanthropist, community activist, and patron of the arts in Seattle. Louise McKinney came to Seattle in 1958 with her husband, the Reverend Samuel B. McKinney, who became pastor of Mount Zion Baptist Church. McKinney had a long career as an educator in Seattle public schools, as a teacher, principal, and tireless advocate…
ID Number:2000.107.122.34.02
Date:1993
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Children on swings at McNeil Island playground, April 19, 1972
McNeil Island is a 6.6 square mile island located in south Puget Sound, lying 2.8 miles across the water from the nearest town. The site was utilized for 142 continuous years as an island-based penal institution, beginning in 1869 with a jail built by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. In 1909 the facility became a federal prison, the McNeil…
ID Number:2000.107.123.18.08
Date:1972
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Rosa Melendez at SPD East precinct, December 2, 1992
Rosa M. Melendez worked in law-enforcement for 25 years, including 17 years with the Seattle Police Department (SPD) (1976-1994), where she worked in the Patrol Division, Personnel Division, Internal Investigations Unit, Community Service Section and on the U.S. Department of Justice's Weed and Seed grant-funded program. She was the first woman of color on the Seattle Police Department to be…
ID Number:2000.107.124.03.01
Date:1992
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Rosa Melendez at SPD East precinct, December 2, 1992
Rosa M. Melendez worked in law-enforcement for 25 years, including 17 years with the Seattle Police Department (SPD) (1976-1994), where she worked in the Patrol Division, Personnel Division, Internal Investigations Unit, Community Service Section and on the U.S. Department of Justice's Weed and Seed grant-funded program. She was the first woman of color on the Seattle Police Department to be…
ID Number:2000.107.124.03.02
Date:1992
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Becky Hobbs at Conferencia - Chicanas en El Movimiento, Seattle, August 22, 1974
In this image of Rebecca "Becky" Hobbs, the University of Washington Minority Affairs Office staff assistant discusses the first annual Conferencia - Chicanas en El Movimiento (Women in the Movement conference), held over three days at El Centro de La Raza on Beacon Hill. The event was an initial step in establishing a state-wide network for job listings, education opportunities,…
ID Number:2000.107.124.38.01
Date:1974
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Marta Cano at Conferencia - Chicanas en El Movimiento, Seattle, August 22, 1974
In this image of Marta Cano, the Seattle Public Schools administrative intern discusses the first annual Conferencia - Chicanas en El Movimiento (Women in the Movement conference) held over three days at El Centro de La Raza on Beacon Hill. "The Chicana is in a double bind. We're treated as a minority within our own culture. People take it for…
ID Number:2000.107.124.38.02
Date:1974
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Minority students reacting to UW's new affirmative action policy, Seattle, May 2, 1974
This image was taken as University of Washington President John R. Hogness met with of minority students to explain the university's new affirmative action policy. The meeting was likely connected to the recent controversy created when the chairman of the department of political science nullified a faculty vote to hire Dr. Carlos Munoz with tenure. In the weeks after this…
ID Number:2000.107.124.40.11
Date:1974
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Joan Augerot at Conferencia - Chicanas en El Movimiento, Seattle, August 22, 1974
This image of Joan Augerot, a curriculum specialist, was taken at the first annual Conferencia - Chicanas en El Movimiento (Women in the Movement conference), held over three days at El Centro de La Raza on Beacon Hill. Ms. Augerot was a speaker at the conference. The event was an initial step in establishing a state-wide network for job listings,…
ID Number:2000.107.124.40.12
Date:1974
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Leroy Mills carrying two children at protest, Seattle, October 14, 1975
On October 14, 1975, about 150 Native American protesters and sympathizers held a demonstation at the U.S. Courthouse in Seattle. Originally publicized as a protest against the Columbus Day holiday, the demonstration became a call for the closure of all Bureau of Indian Affairs federal offices across the country. Protesters argued that the agency had refused to respond to treaty…
ID Number:2000.107.126.03.01
Date:1975