780 results for: Activism
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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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Robert L. Scott in booth at KYAC radio station, Seattle, May 1975
KYAC was the first Black-owned radio station in Seattle, broadcasting from 1965 to 1981 with a focus on playing music by Black artists. In addition to music, KYAC broadcast local news relevant to Seattle’s Black population, ran radio contests, hosted live events for listeners, and engaged in activism in the Black community. Initially, KYAC was owned by a white man.…
ID Number:2002.68.1386.16
Date:1975
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Robert L. Scott in booth at KYAC radio station, Seattle, May 1975
KYAC was the first Black-owned radio station in Seattle, broadcasting from 1965 to 1981 with a focus on playing music by Black artists. In addition to music, KYAC broadcast local news relevant to Seattle’s Black population, ran radio contests, hosted live events for listeners, and engaged in activism in the Black community. Initially, KYAC was owned by a white man.…
ID Number:2002.68.1386.20
Date:1975
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Robert L. Scott in booth at KYAC radio station, Seattle, May 1975
KYAC was the first Black-owned radio station in Seattle, broadcasting from 1965 to 1981 with a focus on playing music by Black artists. In addition to music, KYAC broadcast local news relevant to Seattle’s Black population, ran radio contests, hosted live events for listeners, and engaged in activism in the Black community. Initially, KYAC was owned by a white man.…
ID Number:2002.68.1386.22
Date:1975
Photograph
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
Poster
Save Seattle's Music Hall poster, Seattle, circa 1990
Seattle's Music Hall Theatre was a large, single screen theater originally opened as the Fox Theatre at Seventh and Olive in April 1929. It was purchased by the Clise family in 1936 and renamed the 7th Avenue until the 1960s, when it became the Music Hall once again. In response to losing several historic downtown theaters to the new suburban…
ID Number:2005.28.1
Date:Circa 1990
Poster
Monorail Yes! poster, Seattle, 2002
This Monorail Yes! poster was part of a long campaign to expand the Seattle Monorail line, which eventually was defeated in 2005. Dick Falkenbury, a long-time political activist, led the effort to draft Initiative 41, which called for construction of a 40-mile monorail system linking Seattle's four corners to downtown Seattle to form a giant "X." The initiative also established…
ID Number:2005.63.15
Date:2002
Ephemera
Candlelight March - No Police Station poster, September 1981
In 1981, Mayor Charles Royer proposed a new police precinct station for Seattle's Central Area, and the recommendation was approved by the City Council. The plan for the site, located at East Yesler Way and 23rd Avenue South, drew controversy and criticism from local residents, who protested the demolition of a city-owned four-plex at the site, and advocated instead for…
ID Number:2006.42.7
Date:1981
Poster
"Protest Marcos' State Visit" poster, September 1982
This flier advertises a rally on Saturday, September 18th, 1982, to protest against an ongoing state visit from Ferdinand Marcos, the authoritarian leader of the Philippines. The rally began at the Federal Courthouse and proceeded to the Philippine Consulate. The flier condemns US support for repressive governments around the world and lists names and faces of international human rights violators…
ID Number:2006.42.19
Date:1982
Ephemera
Solstice '82 benefit event poster, Seattle, June 19, 1982
The poster pictured here advertises an solstice celebration organized by Lambda Productions to benefit three LGBTQ groups-- the Dorian Group, Families and Friends of Gays and Lesbians, Seattle Counseling Service for Sexual Minorities-- and the sexual assualt resource Seattle Rape Relief. The party was hosted by Leonard Matlovich (1943-1988), the first gay service member to intentionally out himself to the…
ID Number:2006.42.35
Date:1982