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Image of Boy and his dog on first day of school, Seattle, September 7, 1949
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Boy and his dog on first day of school, Seattle, September 7, 1949

In this image, young Dickie Shelley removes his beagle "Buddy" from the classroom after the faithful friend followed the young man to school on the first day. Caption information derived from captions written by Post-Intelligencer staff and attached to the back of the photograph.
ID Number:2000.107.185.35.01
Date:1949
Image of Two young children playing at B. F. Day school, Seattle, November 17, 1950
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Two young children playing at B. F. Day school, Seattle, November 17, 1950

In this image, Peter Gray and Judith Frankle, students in the Toddler's Class (now part of the Seattle Preschool Program), play with pails and brushes at B. F. Day Elementary School in Seattle's Fremont neighborhood, the oldest continually operating school in the city. Caption information also derived from captions written by Post-Intelligencer staff and attached to the back of the…
ID Number:2000.107.185.35.02
Date:1950
Image of Three students doing math on blackboard at Meany Jr. High, Seattle, October 3, 1958
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Three students doing math on blackboard at Meany Jr. High, Seattle, October 3, 1958

In this image taken in an accelerated math class at Edmund Meany Junior High School, seventh grade students Karen Suzuki, left, Michael Gardiner, and Jerry Jones point to three columns of figures which they have just added. All of the figures, except for the totals, are the same, and all the answers are correct. Caption information derived from captions written…
ID Number:2000.107.185.35.03
Date:1958
Image of Seattle business leaders in classroom at Sharples Jr. High, Seattle, November 20, 1952
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Seattle business leaders in classroom at Sharples Jr. High, Seattle, November 20, 1952

In this image, leaders in the Seattle business world try out the classroom seats on Visiting Day at the newly opened Casper W. Sharples Junior High School (later Aki Kurose Middle School) in the Rainier Valley neighborhood of Seattle. Identifications of back of photo: Front to back, left row: Philip Strack, Stanley Jones, Ray Burhans, R. Burroughs, Eric Bergman; right…
ID Number:2000.107.185.35.04
Date:1952
Image of Parents protest mandatory busing at Seattle School Board meeting, October 14, 1970
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Parents protest mandatory busing at Seattle School Board meeting, October 14, 1970

In the 1960s, after decades of discrimination in housing had created an increasingly segregated school system in Seattle, civil rights activists wanted the School Board to promote integration and, with it, intercultural empathy and understanding. After various attempts to promote voluntary integration, and faced with the threat of legal action from advocates of integration, in 1972 the School District launched…
ID Number:2000.107.185.36.01
Date:1970
Image of Seattle School District students protesting halting of mandatory busing, September 1, 1971
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Seattle School District students protesting halting of mandatory busing, September 1, 1971

In the 1960s, after decades of discrimination in housing had created an increasingly segregated school system in Seattle, civil rights activists wanted the School Board to promote integration and, with it, intercultural empathy and understanding. After various attempts to promote voluntary integration, and faced with the threat of legal action from advocates of integration, in 1972 the School District launched…
ID Number:2000.107.185.37.01
Date:1971
Image of Students sitting in classroom at Wilson Middle School, Seattle, September 6, 1972
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Students sitting in classroom at Wilson Middle School, Seattle, September 6, 1972

In the 1960s, after decades of discrimination in housing had created an increasingly segregated school system in Seattle, civil rights activists wanted the School Board to promote integration and, with it, intercultural empathy and understanding. After various attempts to promote voluntary integration, and faced with the threat of legal action from advocates of integration, in 1972 the School District launched…
ID Number:2000.107.185.37.02
Date:1972
Image of Ethel Mitchell announcing the formation of the Black Alliance of Educators, Seattle, March 4, 1972
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Ethel Mitchell announcing the formation of the Black Alliance of Educators, Seattle, March 4, 1972

In the 1960s, after decades of discrimination in housing had created an increasingly segregated school system in Seattle, civil rights activists wanted the School Board to promote integration and, with it, intercultural empathy and understanding. After various attempts to promote voluntary integration, and faced with the threat of legal action from advocates of integration, in 1972 the School District launched…
ID Number:2000.107.185.38.01
Date:1972
Image of Black students arriving by bus at Wilson Middle School, Seattle, September 6, 1972
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Black students arriving by bus at Wilson Middle School, Seattle, September 6, 1972

In the 1960s, after decades of discrimination in housing had created an increasingly segregated school system in Seattle, civil rights activists wanted the School Board to promote integration and, with it, intercultural empathy and understanding. After various attempts to promote voluntary integration, and faced with the threat of legal action from advocates of integration, in 1972 the School District launched…
ID Number:2000.107.185.38.02
Date:1972
Image of Garfield students picketing at Seattle Public School's Administrative and Service Center, May 28, 1976
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Garfield students picketing at Seattle Public School's Administrative and Service Center, May 28, 1976

In this image taken outside the Seattle School District's Administrative and Service Center, students from Garfield High School protest minority staff transfers planned to comply with federal regulations on equal minority staffing throughout the district. The protest was part of a boycott of Central Area schools, which emptied classrooms in the area's 13 schools. Caption information source: The Seattle Times,…
ID Number:2000.107.186.01.01
Date:1976
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