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Oral history interview with Jules James, July 11, 2007

Interview with Jules James about his activism, including his work with Lake Union. The interview conducted by Lorraine McConaghy for the Memories of Lake Union Oral History Project in July 2007.
ID Number:2019.35.12.10
Date:2007
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Oral history interview with Charles V. (Tom) Gibbs., December 22, 2010

Interview with Charles V. (Tom) Gibbs, the former executive director of Seattle Metro, conducted by Marsha King at KCTS Studios in Seattle for the Experienced Leaders Oral History Project in December. Topics discussed include his background, his military service and career, and his environmental activism.
ID Number:2019.35.16.7
Date:2010
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Oral history interview with Rev. Samuel Berry McKinney, April 21, 2010

Interview with Rev. Samuel Berry McKinney conducted by Marsha King at KCTS Studios in Seattle for the Experienced Leaders Oral History Project in April 2010. Rev. McKinney was a Baptist minister, author, and civil rights advocate. He served as the pastor of Mount Zion Baptist Church, one of the largest and oldest Black churches in the Pacific Northwest from 1958…
ID Number:2019.35.16.11
Date:2010
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QCDC News, 1996

The Queen City Development Corporation (QCDC), founded in 1996 by local activist David Schraer, was the result of discussions between Washington State LGBT leaders and experts in community and economic development about building institutional capacity and addressing gaps in services available to Washington's LGBT community. Later called Queen City Community Development (QCCD), the non-profit’s original initiatives included affordable LGBT senior…
ID Number:2019.69.13.1
Date:1996
Image of Seattle Gay Culture Center postcard, 2000
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Seattle Gay Culture Center postcard, 2000

The Seattle Gay Culture Center was one of the early initiatives of the Queen City Development Corporation (QCDC), founded in 1996 by local activist David Schraer. The QCDC was the result of discussions between Washington State LGBT leaders and experts in community and economic development about building institutional capacity and addressing gaps in services available to Washington's LGBT community. Later…
ID Number:2019.69.15.1
Date:2000
Image of Seattle LGBT Community Center brochure, 2002
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Seattle LGBT Community Center brochure, 2002

The Queen City Development Corporation (QCDC), founded in 1996 by local activist David Schraer, was the result of discussions between Washington State LGBT leaders and experts in community and economic development about building institutional capacity and addressing gaps in services available to Washington's LGBT community. Later called Queen City Community Development (QCCD), the non-profit’s original initiatives included affordable LGBT senior…
ID Number:2019.69.17.1
Date:2002
Image of Rally Against Hate  / No on Nine flier, 1992
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Rally Against Hate / No on Nine flier, 1992

Gay rights activists held a “Rally Against Hate” at Westlake Plaza in Seattle on October 27, 1992. The event protested Oregon's Measure 9, an initiative by the conservative activist organization Oregon Citizen’s Alliance (OCA) to prevent “special rights” for LGBT people by amending the state constitution. The proposed new provision equated homosexuality with pedophilia, sadism and masochism, and as “abnormal,…
ID Number:2019.69.31.1
Date:1992
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Celebrating Group Health brochure, 2017

Group Health Cooperative of Puget Sound was founded as a combination of prepaid medical coverage with a group practice in which many physicians across different specialties could work together to share knowledge and better care for patients. Group Health began caring for patients in 1946 and expanded quickly in its first decades – from 16,000 members in the first years…
ID Number:2020.25.42
Date:2017
Image of Amelia Garza, Grandview City Councillor, February 13, 1992
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Amelia Garza, Grandview City Councillor, February 13, 1992

Amelia Garza (1937-2003) was an advocate for migrant workers in the Yakima Valley. She sat on the Grandview City Council for 13 years and was the first Latina to serve on the council. Garza also founded many community organizations in the Valley to assist residents with health services, education, and literacy. She focused her activism on the needs of people…
ID Number:2020.42.3.19.01.10
Date:1992
Image of Lillian Gideon at dedication of Heritage Garden, Seattle, October 16, 2001
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Lillian Gideon at dedication of Heritage Garden, Seattle, October 16, 2001

Lillian Morris Gideon (1907-2006) was widely known in Seattle as a volunteer and philanthropist in Seattle's African-American community and other groups. Born in Mobile, AL and educated at Boston College, Gideon served in the American Red Cross during both World Wars, and moved to Seattle in the 1950s with her husband Russell, working as a social worker at the VA…
ID Number:2020.42.5.08.01.11
Date:2001
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