3221 results for: Seattle Post-Intelligencer
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Students protesting outside Western Governors Conference, Seattle, July 31, 1969
In 1969, Seattle Community College (SCC) faced boycotts, demonstrations, and rioting in protest of disparities in funding and academic focus between the College's central campus, located near the city's Black residential area, and the north and south campuses, located in predominantly white neighborhoods. The protests also objected to the lack of African American representation on the Board of Trustees of…
ID Number:1986.5.50972.1
Date:1969
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Seattle Black Panther Party members at press conference, Seattle, July 1, 1968
The Black Panther Party for Self Defense established its Seattle chapter in the spring of 1968, after Aaron Dixon, Elmer Dixon, Anthony Ware, Gary Owens and several other future Panthers attended a memorial service in San Francisco for 17 year-old Bobby Hutton, who had been killed in a shootout with local police. While in Oakland, the Seattle youth met BPP…
ID Number:1986.5.50982.1
Date:1968
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Pastors leading memorial service for Martin Luther King, Jr., Seattle, April 4, 1968
The assassination of minister and civil rights activist Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929-1968) on April 4 led to a nationwide wave of grief, demonstrations, and riots. Memorials were held across the country, and President Lyndon B. Johnson declared April 7 a national day of mourning .In this image Rev. Dr. Samuel Berry McKinney (1926-) sits with other church…
ID Number:1986.5.50986.1
Date:1968
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Pike Place Market, Seattle, 1969
Pike Place Market opened in 1907, giving farmers a permanent place to sell their produce directly to Seattle buyers. Handwritten on sleeve: Farmer's market. Date photograph was filed at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (date of photograph and file date may differ by a month or more): August 2, 1969.
ID Number:1986.5.51004.1
Date:1969
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Frank Herbert, Seattle, September 19, 1969
Tacoma-born author Frank Patrick Herbert, Jr. (1920-1986) was an American science fiction writer best known for the novel "Dune" and its five sequels. Though he became famous for science fiction, he was also a newspaper journalist, photographer, short story writer, book reviewer, ecological consultant, and university lecturer. At the time this image was taken, Herbert was a reporter for the…
ID Number:1986.5.51074.26
Date:1969
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Frank Herbert interviewing Roy Prosterman, Seattle, September 19, 1969
Tacoma-born author Frank Patrick Herbert, Jr. (1920-1986) was an American science fiction writer best known for the novel "Dune" and its five sequels. Though he became famous for science fiction, he was also a newspaper journalist, photographer, short story writer, book reviewer, ecological consultant and university lecturer. At the time this image was taken, Herbert was a reporter for the…
ID Number:1986.5.51074.29
Date:1969
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Joe Boyd and E.J. Brisker of the Soul Academy, August 28, 1969
In 1969, four men--E.J. Brisker, Larry Gossett, Joe Boyd and Richard Brown --founded the Soul Academy, A SEEK (Summer Emphasis on Education) joint program of Seattle Public Schools and the Model City program. The program was aimed at teaching Black dropouts in the Central District, with the intention of getting the students back into school. In addition to regular classes…
ID Number:1986.5.51096.2
Date:1969
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James Washington Jr. carving sculpture "Woodchuck and Owl", Seattle, September 1969
James Washington Jr. (1911-2000) was a sculptor and painter who became associated with the Northwest School of artists in Seattle. He grew up in Mississippi and moved to Seattle in 1944 to work for the Navy during World War II. Washington was largely self-taught and he believed this lack of formal training was essential to his artistic success. In the…
ID Number:1986.5.51172.10
Date:1969
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Sam Smith at voting machine, September 16, 1969
Sam Smith was the first African-American person to be elected to the Seattle City Council in 1968 and was on the Council until 1991, chairing many committees and serving as Council President from 1974-199 and 1986-1989. Smith also served in the Washington State Legislature for five terms, beginning with his election from the 37th district in 1958. He was born…
ID Number:1986.5.51173.6
Date:1969
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Models posing in fashions by Bill Blass, Olympic Hotel, Seattle, March 1970
This image shows two members of the Seattle University Guild modeling fashions by Bill Blass at an event to raise money for Seattle University. The evening event was held at the Olympic Hotel and staged by fashion retailer John Doyle Bishop. Caption information source: http://www.seattlepi.com/local/article/John-Doyle-Bishop-Irishman-put-Seattle-fashion-4381050.php
ID Number:1986.5.51923.25
Date:1970