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"People's Blockade" poster, Seattle, 1972
During the summer of 1972, the Seattle-based People’s Blockade Coalition organized numerous protests to block U.S. Navy ammunition ships headed to Vietnam. The vessels, sailing from the ammunition depot at Bangor, on the Kitsap Peninsula, had to pass through the Hood Canal Bridge. Sections of this floating bridge had to slide open for boats of all sizes, and protesters used…
ID Number:2002.23.3.61.1.1
Date:1972
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Poster for demonstration in Philadelphial, July 4, 1976
In the 1970s, several anti-war and anti-capitalist student protest movements coalesced into the Revolutionary Student Brigade. Nationwide, a number of universities, including the University of Washington, had Brigade chapters. As the 1976 Bicentennial of the signing of the Declaration of Independence approached, Brigade chapters urged members to travel to Philadelphia for marches and demonstrations. This UW poster strongly states the…
ID Number:2002.23.3.62.1
Date:1976
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Women's Fight for the Equal Rights Amendment flier, November 1976
The Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) would have amended the US Constitution to guarantee equal rights under the law regardless of sex. It was passed by both houses of Congress in 1972 but was not ratified by enough states before the deadline set by Congress. As a result, it was not added to the Constitution, but it has been reintroduced in…
ID Number:2002.23.3.68.1
Date:1976
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Equal Disco for All benefit dance poster, September 30, 1977
This poster advertises the Equal Disco for All, a benefit at Freeway Hall in Seattle put on by the Union of Sexual Minorities, a group that worked to raise awareness around a variety of issues that its members viewed as related to a racist and sexist society. This item is one of many gathered by the Seattle-born author, artist, and…
ID Number:2002.23.3.80.1
Date:1977
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March for Women's Rights flier, Seattle, August 26, 1978
Women's Equality Day, celebrated in the U.S. on August 26, commemorates the 1920 adoption of the Nineteenth Amendment, granting women the right to vote. First celebrated in 1973, the day is proclaimed each year by the United States President, and marked by celebrations, as well as protests and marches.This flier advertises the August 26, 1978 Women's Rights March in Seattle,…
ID Number:2002.23.3.99.1
Date:1978
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Vote no on 13 pamphlet, 1978
The brochure pictured here urged voters in Seattle to reject Initiative 13, which intended to overturn Seattle’s nondiscrimination clauses covering sexual minorities. The movement against the Initiative coalesced into three major local organizations: Seattle Committee Against Thirteen (SCAT), Women Against Thirteen (later Women Acting Together), and Citizens to Retain Fair Employment (CRFE). According to The SAGE Handbook of Political Geography,…
ID Number:2002.23.3.101.1
Date:1978
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International Day of Solidarity with Native American Political Prisoners flier, Seattle, February 10, 1978
This poster advertises an "International Day of Solidarity with Native American Political Prisoners" in Seattle, with a march from the Federal Courthouse at 5th and Spring to a rally at the First Methodist Church at 5th and Marion. The rally included speeches by Native activists including Yvonne Wanrow, a member of the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation known for…
ID Number:2002.23.3.106.1
Date:1978
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ERA march and rally poster, Seattle, August 23, 1980
The Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) was introduced in the U. S. Congress for the first time in 1923 and has prompted conversations about the meaning of equality for women and men ever since. With the rise of the women's movement in the 1960s, the ERA garnered increasing support, was reintroduced to Congress in 1972, and was submitted to the state…
ID Number:2002.23.4.24.1
Date:1980
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The Committee for Justice for Domingo and Viernes newsletter, Seattle, August 3, 1981
Filipino American labor activists Silme Domingo (1952-1981) and Gene Allen Viernes (1951-1981) were murdered in Seattle on June 1, 1981, while attempting to reform the Local 37 of the International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union (ILWU) and organizing against Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos and his wife Imelda Marcos.At first, authorities thought the murder was an isolated incident and concluded with the…
ID Number:2002.23.4.37.1
Date:1981
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Poster on proposed site for African-American heritage museum, Seattle, 1985
In 1985, several activists occupied the abandoned Colman School in the Central Area, the proposed site for an African American museum, to claim the site and prevent its demolition. They occupied the building for 8 years, until 1993, when the non-profit African American Heritage Museum and Cultural Center was formed to oversee the museum project. The Northwest African American Museum…
ID Number:2002.23.4.69.1
Date:1985