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Hans Dehmelt sitting in UW classroom, Seattle, October 12, 1989
In this image, University of Washington physics Professor Hans Georg Dehmelt (1922-2017) sits in a classroom on the Seattle campus after learning that he had been awarded a share of the 1989 Nobel Prize in Physics for co-developing (with Wolfgang Paul) an elegant, precise technique to trap charged atomic particles so they could be studied and measured in near isolation.…
ID Number:2000.107.246.04.01
Date:1991
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Aaron Dixon, with bodyguards, speaking at rally at HUB Ballroom, Seattle, April 4, 1969
Aaron Dixon was born in Chicago, and grew up in Seattle's Central Area. His father worked at Boeing, and both parents taught Aaron and his brothers the importance of fighting for social justice. As a college student at the University of Washington (UW), Dixon played a key role in the formation of the Black Student Union (BSU) and the Seattle…
ID Number:2000.107.246.07.02
Date:1969
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Black community leaders at press conference about Seattle Schools, January 31, 1991
On January 31, 1991, several leaders of Seattle's African-American community held a press conference at Mount Zion Baptist Church, calling for the resignation of Seattle School Superintendent William Kendrick, and a rejection of his school reorganization plan, which they viewed as insensitive to children of color.This image shows the six community leaders seated at a table during the press conference.…
ID Number:2000.107.247.05.02
Date:1991
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Dai Vu studying questions in his English class, Seattle, October 1979
Ten-year-old Dai Vu, from Vietnam, arrived in the US in August 1979 with his father and two older siblings after living in a Malaysian refugee camp for 5 months. All of the family's money went into the boat passage for the four, and Dai's mother and younger siblings had to be left behind. In Seattle, Dai attended school at Lake…
ID Number:2000.107.289.01.02
Date:1979
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Group playing with a large ball in a PE class for the blind, Seattle, May 6, 1969
While working on a master’s degree project at Seattle’s Northwest Center, Dave Tucker realized the need for better physical education for blind students. He consolidated Seattle Public Schools’ PE programs for the blind and partially sighted and started classes in February 1968. Among his developments was the use of a large ball that students could push, climb on, and fall…
ID Number:2000.107.19720500.1.12
Date:1972
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Two women at the Aradia Women's Clinic, Seattle, November 16, 1972
The Aradia Women’s Clinic opened on Seattle’s First Hill in February 1972. A feminist women’s clinic, it provided birth control, health care, counseling, and advocacy by women for women. Once the Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade decision made abortion legal, it also became one of Seattle’s first abortion clinics and a model for similar operations elsewhere in the country. Aradia…
ID Number:2000.107.19721116.3.14
Date:1972
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Two staff members at the Aradia Women's Clinic, Seattle, November 16, 1972
The Aradia Women’s Clinic opened on Seattle’s First Hill in February 1972. A feminist women’s clinic, it provided birth control, health care, counseling, and advocacy by women for women. Once the Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade decision made abortion legal, it also became one of Seattle’s first abortion clinics and a model for similar operations elsewhere in the country. Aradia…
ID Number:2000.107.19721116.3.19
Date:1972
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Alfred E. Cowles at his desk, Seattle, March 30, 1973
Alfred E. Cowles was appointed to the Seattle School Board in May 1969 representing a new district covering the Central Area. Later that year he was elected to keep his seat, becoming the first Black man elected to the Board. He served on the Board until 1973, when he moved to Washington, D.C. to lead the Center for Dispute Settlement,…
ID Number:2000.107.19730330.1.14
Date:1973
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Cleveland High School African Ensemble dancing at Colman Elementary School, Seattle, January 14, 1974
Seattle schools were closed on January 15, 1974, for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day, but they held commemorations of his achievements and presentations of African culture on the previous day. Here, in one of the 1974 programs, Cleveland High School’s African Ensemble dances for students at Colman Elementary school. Caption information source: “Dr. King Honored; Schools Closed Today”, Seattle…
ID Number:2000.107.19740114.3.25A
Date:1974
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Terrez Weir painting at El Centro de la Raza's bilingual child care program, Seattle, September 1974
As more women started working outside the home, child day care and after-school activities became critical. In the Seattle area, El Centro de la Raza (The Center for People of All Races) stepped in to provide this. In 1974, El Centro opened a bilingual day care program in the basement of Beacon Hill United Methodist Church. The center, run by…
ID Number:2000.107.19740924.2.11
Date:1974