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Bernie Whitebear speaking at site dedication for Native cultural center at Fort Lawton, November 14, 1971
In the late 1960s, the US Army announced its intention to decommission most of the land at Fort Lawton. The City of Seattle planned to turn the land into a park. However, members of Seattle’s Indigenous community wanted instead to reclaim the land for use by Indigenous peoples. On March 8, 1970, members of the United Indians of All Tribes…
ID Number:2002.46.6563.35A
Date:1971
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Franklin High School sit-in defendant Carl Miller at King County jail, April 1968
In March of 1968 two Black students, cousins Charles Oliver and Trolice Flavors, were suspended from Seattle's Franklin High School after an altercation with a white student, who was not reprimanded. Franklin's outraged Black students, with the help of UW Black Student Union (BSU) activists Carl Miller, Aaron Dixon and Larry Gossett, planned a peaceful demonstration at the school to…
ID Number:2002.68.9.5
Date:1968
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Franklin High School sit-in defendants at King County jail, April 1968
In March of 1968 two Black students, cousins Charles Oliver and Trolice Flavors, were suspended from Seattle's Franklin High School after an altercation with a white student, who was not reprimanded. Franklin's outraged Black students, with the help of UW Black Student Union (BSU) activists Carl Miller, Aaron Dixon and Larry Gossett, planned a peaceful demonstration at the school to…
ID Number:2002.68.9.9
Date:1968
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Franklin High School sit-in defendants speaking with the press at King County jail, April 1968
In March of 1968 two Black students, cousins Charles Oliver and Trolice Flavors, were suspended from Seattle's Franklin High School after an altercation with a white student, who was not reprimanded. Franklin's outraged Black students, with the help of UW Black Student Union (BSU) activists Carl Miller, Aaron Dixon and Larry Gossett, planned a peaceful demonstration at the school to…
ID Number:2002.68.9.10
Date:1968
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Student protest for Chicano counselor at Seattle Central Community College, May 11, 1977
On May 11, 1977, a group of about 50 students at Seattle Central Community College (SCCC) held a protest march to demand the immediate hiring of a Chicano counselor. They gathered at SCCC’s south entrance, then marched across the college into the administration building, where they demanded to meet with SCCC’s president, Robert Terry. Terry refused to meet and said…
ID Number:2002.68.2075.23
Date:1977
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The Prom You Never Went To poster, Seattle, May 27, 1984
The nonprofit Tacky Tourist Clubs of America was founded in Seattle in the early 1980s, and incorporated in 1988. The organization sponsored annual parties and events to raise money for other nonprofits, mostly those benefiting the gay and lesbian community. Three popular annual events were the Queen City Cruise, an "unofficial Seafair" event on Elliott Bay and beloved by many;…
ID Number:2007.9.25
Date:1984
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Ric Weiland's graduation photo from Stanford, 1976
Richard "Ric" Weiland (1953-2006) was a software developer, programmer, philanthropist, and active member of the Northwest gay community. Interested in computers from a young age, Weiland built a computer in his basement in eighth grade, and while at Lakeside School formed the Lakeside Programming Group with classmates Bill Gates and Paul Allen. In 1975, Weiland became the first full-time employee…
ID Number:2007.9.34
Date:1976
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Ric Weiland's Microsoft business card, circa 1986
Richard "Ric" Weiland (1953-2006) was a software developer, programmer, philanthropist, and active member of the Northwest gay community. Interested in computers from a young age, Weiland built a computer in his basement in eighth grade, and while at Lakeside School formed the Lakeside Programming Group with classmates Bill Gates and Paul Allen. In 1975, Weiland became the first full-time employee…
ID Number:2007.9.35
Date:Circa 1986
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Ric Weiland's Microsoft business card, circa 1980
Richard "Ric" Weiland (1953-2006) was a software developer, programmer, philanthropist, and active member of the Northwest gay community. Interested in computers from a young age, Weiland built a computer in his basement in eighth grade, and while at Lakeside School formed the Lakeside Programming Group with classmates Bill Gates and Paul Allen. In 1975, Weiland became the first full-time employee…
ID Number:2007.9.36
Date:Circa 1980
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Microsoft business card, circa 1980
Richard "Ric" Weiland (1953-2006) was a software developer, programmer, philanthropist, and active member of the Northwest gay community. Interested in computers from a young age, Weiland built a computer in his basement in eighth grade, and while at Lakeside School formed the Lakeside Programming Group with classmates Bill Gates and Paul Allen. In 1975, Weiland became the first full-time employee…
ID Number:2007.9.37
Date:Circa 1980