513 results for: Protests and Demonstrations
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Gay Pride march, Seattle, June 25, 1977
Seattle celebrated its first Gay Pride Week in June 1974, with a variety of festive activities at private and public venues around the city. The celebrations included potluck dinners, the opening of a gay community center, and a sing-in and rollerblading at the top of the Volunteer Park water tower. The largest event, a day of celebrations at Occidental Park,…
ID Number:2002.46.2379.7
Date:1977
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Couple embracing at Gay Pride march, Seattle, June 25, 1977
Seattle celebrated its first Gay Pride Week in June 1974, with a variety of festive activities at private and public venues around the city. The celebrations included potluck dinners, the opening of a gay community center, and a sing-in and rollerblading at the top of the Volunteer Park water tower. The largest event, a day of celebrations at Occidental Park,…
ID Number:2002.46.2415.2
Date:1977
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People at Gay Pride march, Seattle, June 25, 1977
Seattle celebrated its first Gay Pride Week in June 1974, with a variety of festive activities at private and public venues around the city. The celebrations included potluck dinners, the opening of a gay community center, and a sing-in and rollerblading at the top of the Volunteer Park water tower. The largest event, a day of celebrations at Occidental Park,…
ID Number:2002.46.2415.4
Date:1977
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Three people playing cards during Beacon Hill School occupation, October 18, 1972
Seattle had a growing Latino population in the late 1960s, and activists had been pressing the city for a building in which to establish a Chicano community center. Tired of having their requests ignored, in October 1972 they took over the abandoned Beacon Hill School on 16th Avenue South and renamed it El Centro de la Raza. After a 75-day…
ID Number:2002.68.1595.23
Date:1972
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Protesters inside Beacon Hill School, October 18, 1972
Seattle had a growing Latino population in the late 1960s, and activists had been pressing the city for a building in which to establish a Chicano community center. Tired of having their requests ignored, in October 1972 they took over the abandoned Beacon Hill School on 16th Avenue South and renamed it El Centro de la Raza. After a 75-day…
ID Number:2002.68.1595.26
Date:1972
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Student protest for Chicano counselor at Seattle Central Community College, May 11, 1977
On May 11, 1977, a group of about 50 students at Seattle Central Community College (SCCC) held a protest march to demand the immediate hiring of a Chicano counselor. They gathered at SCCC’s south entrance, then marched across the college into the administration building, where they demanded to meet with SCCC’s president, Robert Terry. Terry refused to meet and said…
ID Number:2002.68.2075.23
Date:1977
Ephemera
Candlelight March - No Police Station poster, September 1981
In 1981, Mayor Charles Royer proposed a new police precinct station for Seattle's Central Area, and the recommendation was approved by the City Council. The plan for the site, located at East Yesler Way and 23rd Avenue South, drew controversy and criticism from local residents, who protested the demolition of a city-owned four-plex at the site, and advocated instead for…
ID Number:2006.42.7
Date:1981
Poster
"Protest Marcos' State Visit" poster, September 1982
This flier advertises a rally on Saturday, September 18th, 1982, to protest against an ongoing state visit from Ferdinand Marcos, the authoritarian leader of the Philippines. The rally began at the Federal Courthouse and proceeded to the Philippine Consulate. The flier condemns US support for repressive governments around the world and lists names and faces of international human rights violators…
ID Number:2006.42.19
Date:1982
Poster
Pride Parade/March & Freedom Rally poster, Seattle, June 25, 1995
The poster advertises Seattle's 1995 Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgender Pride Parade/March & Freedom Rally on Capitol Hill. An estimated 40,000 people participated in the June 25 event, which is part of Seattle's annual Gay Pride Week. The Pride Parade continues to be held annually on the last Sunday in June to honor the Stonewall riots, the 1969 event marking the start of the…
ID Number:2007.25.60
Date:1995
Poster
Lesbian-Gay Pride March & Rally '90 poster, Seattle, June 24, 1990
The poster advertises Seattle's 1990 Lesbian-Gay Pride March and Rally on Capitol Hill. An estimated 20,000 people participated in the June 24 event, which is part of Seattle's annual Gay Pride Week. The Pride Parade continues to be held annually on the last Sunday in June to honor the Stonewall riots, the 1969 event marking the start of the gay…
ID Number:2007.25.65
Date:1990