1344 results for: Seattle Center
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Mary Ann Peters painting mural in Port of Seattle building, February 14, 1993
Mary Ann Peters is a Seattle artist whose work has been exhibited extensively across the Pacific Northwest and beyond. She has received the Stranger Genius Award in Visual Art, the Pollock Krasner Fellowship, and the Civita Institute Fellowship. Peters also received the Neddy Artist Award for visual artists in Washington State in 2000. Peters is a founder of the Center…
ID Number:2000.107.140.14.01
Date:1993
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Supporters of school integration picketing outside Seattle Public School offices, Seattle, May 12, 1965
Throughout the late 1950s and early 1960s, various civil rights groups in Seattle unsuccessfully tried to persuade a predominately white school board to address the issues of desegregation of the Seattle Public Schools. The Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) felt that most of the educational deficiencies among the bulk…
ID Number:2000.107.141.13.03
Date:1965
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Teamsters striking King County Humane Society, Seattle, March 29, 1972
In March 1972, Teamsters Local 174 in Seattle walked out of work at the King County Humane Society, where they had been without a contract since the previous April. The Teamsters also filed an unfair-labor-practice charge against the Humane Society, contending that the non-profit had refused to bargain for a new contract. Waldo J. Dahl, president of the Humane Society,…
ID Number:2000.107.141.14.04
Date:1972
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Buntha Nhep counseling Taing family at the Asian Resettlement Center, Bellevue, June 14, 1982
In the aftermath of the Vietnam War, thousands of people from Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos fled violence and persecution in their home countries and sought refuge in the United States and elsewhere. By 1982, there were 30,000 refugees from Southeast Asia living in Washington. Many spoke little or no English, had very little money, and were unemployed. When they left…
ID Number:2000.107.151.05.03
Date:1982
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Lawney Reyes with cedar bald eagle sculpture, Seattle, September 26, 1977
Lawney L. Reyes (1931-2022), Sin-Aikst (Colville Confederated Tribe) artist, architect, and author, overcame a childhood of poverty and discrimination to become an award-winning sculptor and a historian of local Indigenous activism and culture. In this image Lawney Reyes stands next to one of his sculptures, a cedar bald eagle, in front of the Daybreak Star Indian Cultural Center in Seattle's…
ID Number:2000.107.151.33.01
Date:1977
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Marchers on Denny Way protesting lack of jobs for minorities, Seattle, December 14, 1969
On Sunday, December 14, 1969, the Central Area Civil Rights Committee sponsored a March Against Underemployment of Minorities. Nearly 3,000 people walked from five Central Area churches to the Seattle Center Arena for a rally with comedian and activist Dick Gregory. The Seattle Urban League, the Seattle Council of Churches and other church, civic, and social organizations endorsed and participated…
ID Number:2000.107.153.09.05
Date:1969
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Tom Robbins, Joe Petta, and David Hood, Seattle, July 10, 1966
Author Tom Robbins (1932-2025) was known for his novels, articles, essays, and support for progressive causes. In this image Tom Robbins, left, sits with attorney David Hood, while artist Joseph "Joe" Petta, Jr. (1936-1998), center, looks on. The men were quoted in the P-I as saying they are sympathetic to the use of LSD, a psychedelic drug known for its…
ID Number:2000.107.153.38.02
Date:1966
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Steve Robideau speaking to press at Wounded Knee march, Seattle, March 21, 1973
This image shows Steve Robideau (Chippewa) who organized a peaceful march of about 300 people from the Indian Center to the federal courthouse in Seattle, in support of protesters who were occupying Wounded Knee in South Dakota. Steve’s brothers Jim and Ben were taking part in the occupation of Wounded Knee. The Wounded Knee occupation started as a protest against…
ID Number:2000.107.154.13.03
Date:1973
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Millie Russell speaking at hearing on discrimination in schools , February 18, 1986
Millie Bown Russell (1926-2021) was born and raised in Seattle’s Central Area, and graduated from Seattle University (SU) in 1948, the first African American to graduate from the school’s medical technology program. She worked at Puget Sound Blood Center for over 25 years, and returned to SU in 1971 to receive a secondary science-teaching certificate. She received an M.S. in…
ID Number:2000.107.158.25.01
Date:1986
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Millie Russell campaigning for Seattle School Board position, Seattle, September 19, 1989
Millie Bown Russell (1926-2021) was born and raised in Seattle’s Central Area, and graduated from Seattle University (SU) in 1948, the first African American to graduate from the school’s medical technology program. She worked at Puget Sound Blood Center for over 25 years, and returned to SU in 1971 to receive a secondary science-teaching certificate. She received an M.S. in…
ID Number:2000.107.158.25.02
Date:1989