1189 results for: Black/African American
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Jackie Lawson and Cynthia Wilson at G.A.R. cemetery, Seattle, March 2004
In this photo, Cynthia Wilson, left, and Jacqueline Lawson kneel near the grave of Black Civil War veteran Gilford Hervey at the Grand Army of the Republic (G.A.R.) cemetery in Seattle. The two genealogists had been researching Hervey since learning about graves of veterans of the United States Colored Troops at the G.A.R cemetery in a newspaper article the previous…
ID Number:2000.107.200403.CD01.04.001
Date:2004
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Chef Wayne Johnson with a grilled peanut butter and jelly sandwich, Seattle, January 29, 2007
Chef Wayne Johnson (d. 2024) began his Seattle career working at high-end restaurants, including Ray’s Boathouse and Andaluca. In his spare time, he volunteered at FareStart, a culinary nonprofit organization that provides restaurant industry job training to people experiencing poverty, homelessness, and other disadvantages. FareStart gradually became his full-time job, and he rose through the ranks to become FareStart's executive…
ID Number:2000.107.20070129.CD01.01.001
Date:2007
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March for Jobs flier, October 21, 1982
On October 21, 1982, eleven community organizations representing a variety of Seattle minority, women, labor, and anti-war groups held a rally and march from Seattle’s Central Area to downtown Seattle. They scheduled the event close to the election to remind politicians of the importance of minority voters. Goals were full employment at fair wages, a cut in the national military…
ID Number:2002.23.1.75.1
Date:1982
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S.O.S. for Black Education, flier from Freedom Socialist Party, 1987
This flier advertises an "SOS for Black Education" event hosted by the Freedom Socialist Party at New Freeway Hall in 1987. Speakers included Dawn Mason, Oscar Eason, Elizabeth Jackson, and Teri Bach. Dawn Mason served in the Washington State Legislature from 1995-1999 and was the only Black member of the legislature during her terms. She was Ranking Chair of the…
ID Number:2002.23.2.30.3
Date:1987
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Black Arts/West presents Ceremonies in Dark Old Men poster, June 1975
Black Arts/West was Seattle's first Black theater and functioned as a three component program:, dance, and an art gallery displaying the work of local and national artists. As a division of the Central Area Motivation Program, an anti-poverty agency, it was charged with getting young people involved and learning the necessary skills to survive and flourish in society.This poster advertises…
ID Number:2002.23.3.51.1
Date:1975
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Poster on proposed site for African-American heritage museum, Seattle, 1985
In 1985, several activists occupied the abandoned Colman School in the Central Area, the proposed site for an African American museum, to claim the site and prevent its demolition. They occupied the building for 8 years, until 1993, when the non-profit African American Heritage Museum and Cultural Center was formed to oversee the museum project. The Northwest African American Museum…
ID Number:2002.23.4.69.1
Date:1985
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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
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Reparations 2000 march flier, Seattle, November 30, 1999
This flier advertises a march organized by the Reparations 2000 Coalition and the African American Heritage Museum and Cultural Center (AAHM&CC), to take place on the first evening of the WTO rallies. The march was set to end at the vacant Colman School, where an encampment for anti-WTO activists would be established. Omari Tahir-Garrett and other activists first occupied this…
ID Number:2002.23.6.42.1
Date:1999
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30th Annual Black Community Festival poster, 1982
For over 70 years, Seattle’s Black community has a held a summer festival that was part of Seattle's International Festival, now Seafair. The first, in 1952, was called the East Madison/East Union Mardi Gras. Mardi Gras later transformed into the Pacific Northwest Black Community Festival, and in 1997 it became the Umoja Fest African Heritage Festival.This poster advertises the 30th…
ID Number:2002.23.8.1.3
Date:1982
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Girls with luggage outside the Central Area Youth Association (CAYA) building, Seattle, April 5, 1968
The Central Area Youth Association was formed in the 1950s to provide youth football programs in Seattle’s Central Area. In 1964, CAYA expanded its programs to include education, social development, and additional sports programs for both minority and white youth.One spring evening, sixteen girls from the CAYA track team left for an AAU (Amateur Athletic Union) invitational track meet in…
ID Number:2002.46.8225
Date:1968