113 results for: Brownell, Tom
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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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Women speaking with Ben Paris billiards room attendant, Seattle, April 3, 1963
In April 1963, two women who worked at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer went out with a reporter and photographer to test a law recently passed in Washington state. The law stated that, "Woman may pursue any calling open to men," and "May not be excluded from any premises...on account of sex." Though the pair were rebuffed when they tried to apply…
ID Number:2000.107.141.23.01
Date:1963
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Police examining broken glass outside Hotel Stevens after violent protests, Seattle, February 17, 1970
In February 1970, members of the Chicago Seven were sentenced on contempt charges stemming from riots at the 1968 Democratic Convention. Demonstrations took place in numerous cities. The Seattle Liberation Front (SLF) called for protests in downtown Seattle. On February 17, over 2000 demonstrators carried on running battles with the police, breaking windows in the U.S. Courthouse and downtown businesses.…
ID Number:2000.107.153.10.01
Date:1970
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Jeff Dowd arriving at arraignment, Seattle, April 17, 1970
In February 1970, members of the Chicago Seven were sentenced on contempt charges stemming from riots at the 1968 Democratic Convention. Demonstrations took place in numerous cities. The Seattle Liberation Front (SLF) called for protests in downtown Seattle. On February 17, over 2000 demonstrators carried on running battles with the police, breaking windows in the U.S. Courthouse and downtown businesses.…
ID Number:2000.107.153.11.01
Date:1970
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Charles Carroll addressing protesters outside City Hall, Seattle, May 6, 1970
On May 1, 1970, protests erupted in Seattle following the announcement by President Richard M. Nixon (1913-1994) that U.S. Forces in Vietnam would pursue enemy troops into Cambodia, a neutral country. The focus of protest activity was the University of Washington, but anti-war protests and disruptions also swept downtown. The 1970 UW student strike would continue throughout the month of…
ID Number:2000.107.153.12.01
Date:1970
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Picketers outside the Washington Public Assistance office, Seattle, April 2, 1971
Seattle did not escape the high inflation and high unemployment rates of the worldwide recession of the late 1960s and early 1970s. Some 66,000 Boeing workers were laid off in 1969 and 1970, and the state’s unemployment rate was the highest in the nation. The state legislature sharply reduced welfare grants effective April 1, 1971. At that time, some 70,000…
ID Number:2000.107.153.15.02
Date:1971
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Police and demonstrators on 5th Ave, Seattle, February 17, 1970
In February 1970, members of the Chicago Seven were sentenced on contempt charges stemming from riots at the 1968 Democratic Convention. Demonstrations took place in numerous cities. The Seattle Liberation Front (SLF) called for protests in downtown Seattle. On February 17, over 2000 demonstrators carried on running battles with the police, breaking windows in the U.S. Courthouse and downtown businesses.…
ID Number:2000.107.153.22.01.32
Date:1970
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Police and demonstrators in front of the Federal Courthouse, Seattle, February 17, 1970
In February 1970, members of the Chicago Seven were sentenced on contempt charges stemming from riots at the 1968 Democratic Convention. Demonstrations took place in numerous cities. The Seattle Liberation Front (SLF) called for protests in downtown Seattle. On February 17, over 2000 demonstrators carried on running battles with the police, breaking windows in the U.S. Courthouse and downtown businesses.…
ID Number:2000.107.153.22.06.28
Date:1970
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Police detaining a demonstrator at the Federal Courthouse, Seattle, February 17, 1970
In February 1970, members of the Chicago Seven were sentenced on contempt charges stemming from riots at the 1968 Democratic Convention. Demonstrations took place in numerous cities. The Seattle Liberation Front (SLF) called for protests in downtown Seattle. On February 17, over 2000 demonstrators carried on running battles with the police, breaking windows in the U.S. Courthouse and downtown businesses.…
ID Number:2000.107.153.22.08.12
Date:1970
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Demonstrators and police, Seattle, February 17, 1970
In February 1970, members of the Chicago Seven were sentenced on contempt charges stemming from riots at the 1968 Democratic Convention. Demonstrations took place in numerous cities. The Seattle Liberation Front (SLF) called for protests in downtown Seattle. On February 17, over 2000 demonstrators carried on running battles with the police, breaking windows in the U.S. Courthouse and downtown businesses.…
ID Number:2000.107.153.22.08.15
Date:1970