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Native Americans demonstrating at Fort Lawton, Seattle, 1970
On March 8, 1970, about 100 members and sympathizers of United Indian People's Council (later United Indians of All Tribes Foundation, or UIATF) occupied Fort Lawton, a 1,100-acre army post in Seattle's Magnolia neighborhood. They were inspired by the passage of a bill signed by President Richard Nixon, which granted non-federal entities the ability to obtain surplus federal lands for…
ID Number:1986.5.51939.1
Date:1970
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Shopping at fashion retailer John Bishop Doyle's shop, Seattle, March, 1970
In this image, two women watch as a model shows off the latest fashions at John Doyle Bishop’s fashion retail store at 5th Avenue and Union Street. Caption information source: http://www.seattlepi.com/local/article/John-Doyle-Bishop-Irishman-put-Seattle-fashion-4381050.php
ID Number:1986.5.51977.11
Date:1970
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Students overturning car in Earth Day demonstration outside Seattle Community College, Seattle, 1970
Earth Day was first observed nationwide on April 22, 1970. In Seattle, a number of activities marked the day, including rallies, speeches, and educational exhibits. This photo documents a more active response, as students at Seattle Central Community College destroy an automobile as the symbol of air pollution. Handwritten on sleeve: S.C.C. Earth Day. Date photograph was filed at the…
ID Number:1986.5.52119.2
Date:1970
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Earth Day booth, Seattle, April 22, 1970
On April 22, 1970, a nationwide program to spend one day considering issues of environental protection, was observed in Seattle for the first time. Some 3,000 people came to the Seattle Center to look at exhibit booths, view films, and listen to speeches and discussions. Earth Day continues to be observed each year on April 22. Handwritten on sleeve: Ecology…
ID Number:1986.5.52123.1
Date:1970
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Myrlie Evers-Williams talking with reception attendees, Seattle, April 25, 1970
In this image Myrlie Louise (Beasley) Evers-Williams (1933-), second from left, chats with three unidentified women at a reception in the Mount Zion Baptist Church Fellowship Hall. Ms. Evers-Williams, widow of slain civil-rights leader Medgar Evers, was in Seattle for the dedication of the Medgar Evers Pool near Garfield High School in the Central District neighborhood. Caption information source: The…
ID Number:1986.5.52139.1
Date:1970
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Protestors and police on I-5, Seattle, May 5, 1970
Thousands of protesting University of Washington students and faculty members blocked Interstate 5 for nearly an hour as they marched to a rally at the U.S. Courthouse downtown. The crowd had gathered on campus to demand that the university take a moral stand against the killing of four Kent State University students by National Guardsmen and the bombing of Cambodia…
ID Number:1986.5.52212.1
Date:1970
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Anti-war march, Seattle, May 5, 1970
Anti-war demonstrators carry an American flag upside down as they march from the University of Washington campus to the federal courthouse in downtown Seattle. Similar demonstrations took place on campuses all over the country after 4 Kent State University students were shot by the Ohio National Guard while protesting the U.S. bombing of Cambodia. Signs in image: National Student Strike!…
ID Number:1986.5.52219.1
Date:1970
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Anti-war demonstration at federal courthouse, Seattle, May 5, 1970
Anti-war demonstrators gather at the federal courthouse in downtown Seattle after marching from the University of Washington campus. Similar demonstrations took place on campuses all over the country in protest of the U.S. bombing of Cambodia. Four Kent State University students protesting this same issue were shot and killed by the Ohio National Guard. Handwritten on sleeve: Federal Court House;…
ID Number:1986.5.52235.1
Date:1970
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Black Panthers demonstrating at federal courthouse, Seattle, 1969
Black Panthers demonstrating at federal courthouse, Seattle, May 1969
A peaceful rally in support of imprisoned Black Panther leader Huey Newton was held at the Federal Courthouse in Seattle on May 1, 1969. Members of the Black Panther Party and Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) demanded that Newton be released from prison. Other organizations represented at the rally included the University of Washington Black Student Union, the Young…
ID Number:1986.5.52268.2
Date:1969
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Rally in support of Huey Newton at federal Courthouse, Seattle, May 1, 1969
A peaceful rally in support of imprisoned Black Panther leader Huey Newton was held at the Federal Courthouse in Seattle on May 1, 1969. Members of the Black Panther Party and Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) demanded that Newton be released from prison. Other organizations represented at the rally included the University of Washington Black Student Union, the Young…
ID Number:1986.5.52268.4
Date:1969