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Image of James Kelly speaking at press conference at Mt. Zion Baptist Church, Seattle, December 5, 1988
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James Kelly speaking at press conference at Mt. Zion Baptist Church, Seattle, December 5, 1988

James Kelly came to Seattle from his native Illinois in 1976, and received a Masters degree in Social Work from the University of Washington in 1980. Kelly worked as an investigator for Washington State Child Protective Services, and in the Seattle City Attorney’s Office, before being appointed by Governor Booth Gardner to head the newly created Commission on African-American Affairs…
ID Number:2000.107.103.19.01
Date:1988
Image of James Kelly standing outside building, Seattle, November 8, 1991
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James Kelly standing outside building, Seattle, November 8, 1991

James Kelly came to Seattle from his native Illinois in 1976, and received a Masters degree in Social Work from the University of Washington in 1980. Kelly worked as an investigator for Washington State Child Protective Services, and in the Seattle City Attorney’s Office, before being appointed by Governor Booth Gardner to head the newly created Commission on African-American Affairs…
ID Number:2000.107.103.19.02
Date:1991
Image of Elaine Ko speaking at press conference, Seattle, August 5, 1982
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Elaine Ko speaking at press conference, Seattle, August 5, 1982

Elaine Ko (b. 1954) is a community activist in Seattle who has worked for decades on behalf of the Asian and Pacific Islander community, immigrants, refugees, women, and victims of domestic violence in the Puget Sound area. In 2006, Ko succeeded Bob Santos as Executive Director of the Inter*Im Community Development Association in Seattle's Chinatown - International District (previously the…
ID Number:2000.107.107.16.01
Date:1982
Image of Elaine LaTourelle talking about NOW, Seattle, June 12, 1974
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Elaine LaTourelle talking about NOW, Seattle, June 12, 1974

Elaine Day LaTourelle (b. 1938) is an architect and women's rights activist based in Seattle. She received her Bachelors degree in Architecture from the University of Washington (UW) in 1961, and her Master's from Yale University. LaTourelle practiced architecture with her husband as LaTourelle Associates from 1968-1980, and later as Elaine Day LaTourelle and Associates Architecture & Design. She taught…
ID Number:2000.107.110.34.01
Date:1974
Image of Elaine Day Latourelle speaking at anti-war forum, Seattle, January 13, 1973
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Elaine Day Latourelle speaking at anti-war forum, Seattle, January 13, 1973

Elaine Day LaTourelle (b. 1938) is an architect and women's rights activist based in Seattle. She received her Bachelors degree in Architecture from the University of Washington (UW) in 1961, and her Master's from Yale University. LaTourelle practiced architecture with her husband as LaTourelle Associates from 1968-1980, and later as Elaine Day LaTourelle and Associates Architecture & Design. She taught…
ID Number:2000.107.110.34.02
Date:1973
Image of Da C. Le, editor of the Vietnam Times, in his office, Seattle, January 1992
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Da C. Le, editor of the Vietnam Times, in his office, Seattle, January 1992

In 1992, Da Le was editor of the Vietnam Times, a Vietnamese language newspaper based in Seattle. Le's paper advocated for normalizing relations between Vietnam and the US and for the end of a trade embargo imposed by the US against Vietnam. In response, a group called the Movement Against Assistance to Communist Vietnam distributed a leaflet among Seattle's Vietnamese…
ID Number:2000.107.111.17.02
Date:1992
Image of Bruce Lee training with wooden Wing Chun dummy, Seattle, 1961
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Bruce Lee training with wooden Wing Chun dummy, Seattle, 1961

Legendary martial artist Lee Jun Fan (1940-1973), known professionally as Bruce Lee, was born in San Francisco, raised in Hong Kong, and attended college at the University of Washington in Seattle, before moving to back to California. During his time in Seattle Lee began teaching martial arts, and later his Hong Kong and Hollywood-produced films elevated the traditional Hong Kong…
ID Number:2000.107.111.30.03
Date:1961
Image of Bruce Lee and Sheldon Wong in martial arts pose, 1961
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Bruce Lee and Sheldon Wong in martial arts pose, 1961

Legendary martial artist Lee Jun Fan (1940-1973), known professionally as Bruce Lee, was born in San Francisco, raised in Hong Kong, and attended college at the University of Washington in Seattle, before moving to back to California. During his time in Seattle Lee began teaching martial arts, and later his Hong Kong and Hollywood-produced films elevated the traditional Hong Kong…
ID Number:2000.107.111.30.04
Date:1961
Image of Roberto Maestas, Larry Gossett and others celebrating in restaurant , Seattle, December 26, 1972
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Roberto Maestas, Larry Gossett and others celebrating in restaurant , Seattle, December 26, 1972

Seattle had a growing Latino population in the late 1960s, and activists had been pressing the city for a building in which to establish a Chicano community center. Tired of having their requests ignored, in October 1972 they took over the abandoned Beacon Hill School on 16th Avenue South and renamed it El Centro de la Raza. After a 75-day…
ID Number:2000.107.117.04.01
Date:1972
Image of Roberto Maestas being escorted out of mayor's office, Seattle, April 5, 1973
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Roberto Maestas being escorted out of mayor's office, Seattle, April 5, 1973

Seattle had a growing Latino population in the late 1960s, and activists had been pressing the city for a building in which to establish a Chicano community center. Tired of having their requests ignored, in October 1972 they took over the abandoned Beacon Hill School on 16th Avenue South and renamed it El Centro de la Raza. After a 75-day…
ID Number:2000.107.117.04.02
Date:1973
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